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A six-propeller drone thought to belong to regime forces or regime-sponsored militias hit a group of vans travelling the Shwebo-Myitkyina road in Kanbalu Township, leaving four civilians dead and at least eight injured

Sources familiar with the matter said MNDAA commander Peng Daxun (aka Peng Daren) has been in China since his meeting with Chinese special envoy to Myanmar Deng Xijun in Yunnan Province’s Kunming in late October.

MNDAA leader was not allowed to return to Myanmar and has been under house arrest in a hotel in Kunming owned by the Peng family since then.

Hopang, a small town in northern Shan State, has undergone dramatic social and economic changes since falling into the hands of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) early this year. Residents are complaining of high taxes and “Sinicization” under the UWSA administration, with a proliferation of casinos, massage parlors and brothels.

China has reportedly proposed the establishment of a joint security company with Myanmar’s regime to ensure the safety of Chinese projects and personnel in Myanmar.

The security company will apparently handle the import of weapons and special equipment, including communications devices and restricted tools.

[The security company creates] the potential arrival of Chinese troops in Myanmar through the proposed security company.

Ten people were killed after two rival armed groups opened fire on each other at a bar in the Kachin State town of Mohnyin on Tuesday, according to a local source.

Chinese authorities lifted bans on transporting trade goods through one of three crossing points in Muse, northern Shan State on Monday, while enforcing stricter embargoes at the other two crossings, according to haulers and traders involved in border commerce.

Eleven civilians were killed and a further 11 were wounded when a junta airstrike hit a tea shop in Naungcho (Naunghkio) Town in northern Shan State, at 2:30 pm on 12 November 2024.

The Lan San teashop, which was in the Naungcho Myoma Market in downtown Naungcho Town, was hit by a bomb dropped by a junta aircraft at 2:30 pm on 12 November. The teashop was a popular place and located in a bustling area often crowded with passenger vehicles.

This is a rare glimpse into the Chin resistance fighting the military in the Northwest of Myanmar.

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has begun organizing a militia group in Hopang Township, northern Shan State to coordinate with its newly established administration there. This comes after the township was seized by the Brotherhood Alliance early this year and subsequently handed over to the UWSA.

He also pointed out that though Hopang and Panlong were initially handed over to it(Wa State Army) by the Brotherhood Alliance, the UWSA has only been able to establish its administration in the towns under an official agreement with the regime. “Otherwise, the town would be bombed!” he said.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says large-scale ruby mining in Mogoke, Mandalay Region, will be suspended until it benefits the community.

[Although] Individual [miners] have been allowed to mine in Mogoke since September to support their livelihoods, said Lwei Yay Oo.

Military-owned Myanma Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL) and other firms with links to the army have controlled Mogoke’s mines, which account for 90 percent of Myanmar’s ruby production.

Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Manipur are warning thousands of Myanmar nationals who fled conflict in the Sagaing region that they have one month to return home, despite the ongoing threat of junta airstrikes that wiped out many of their villages.

Sagaing has seen some of the fiercest fighting between junta troops and the armed opposition since the military‘s February 2021 coup d’etat, which has forced around 5,000 residents of the region to seek shelter in neighboring India’s Manipur state.