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Police have been unable to perform their primary duty of law enforcement since the coup as they have been busy helping the Myanmar military impose a crackdown on dissidents. [1]

Mizzima The Wa State government authorities issued a statement on 25 October warning against selling commodities at high prices in its controlled territory including Hopang, Panlong and Namtit. [2]

Yangon — Two Chinese nationals tested positive for COVID-19 last week in Mong Pawk in the autonomous Wa zone in Shan State, forcing around 300 residents to be isolated in quarantine centers. [3]

Naypyitaw — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday handed over a drug trafficker it arrested along with 3.5 million methamphetamine pills in the south of the Wa self-administered zone. [4]

AFP Fighters from Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority armed group have moved into a strategic town fought over by the junta and another ethnic armed group for weeks, they and the military said on Sunday. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-07-22 · 100% match

Whither Wa State? Myanmar’s Criminal Hub Spreads Wings Under Junta

Police have been unable to perform their primary duty of law enforcement since the coup as they have been busy helping the Myanmar military impose a crackdown on dissidents.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-10-31 · 100% match

UWSA warns against hoarding and profiteering in Wa State

Mizzima The Wa State government authorities issued a statement on 25 October warning against selling commodities at high prices in its controlled territory including Hopang, Panlong and Namtit.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-12-21 · 100% match

Two Chinese Nationals Test COVID-19 Positive in Wa State

Yangon — Two Chinese nationals tested positive for COVID-19 last week in Mong Pawk in the autonomous Wa zone in Shan State, forcing around 300 residents to be isolated in quarantine centers.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-05-22 · 100% match

Wa State Hands Drug Suspect and Meth Bust to Myanmar Authorities

Naypyitaw — The United Wa State Army (UWSA) on Wednesday handed over a drug trafficker it arrested along with 3.5 million methamphetamine pills in the south of the Wa self-administered zone.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-07-29 · 100% match

Myanmar’s United Wa State Army moves into strategic northern town of Lashio

AFP Fighters from Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority armed group have moved into a strategic town fought over by the junta and another ethnic armed group for weeks, they and the military said on Sunday.

[6] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 100% match

UWSA Leader Calls for ‘Solid, United’ Wa State

[7] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 100% match

AK-47s—Made in Wa State

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-01-14 · 100% match

The Infiltration of Thailand’s State Power Structure by Wa Networks

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) began expanding its influence from northern Shan State along the China-Myanmar border into Thailand’s northern frontier provinces—Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son—roughly three decades ago.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-07-31 · 100% match

The Silent Winner of Myanmar’s Northern Conflict

Amara Thiha From the chaos of the conflict in Shan State, the United Wa State Army has emerged as a potentially decisive force.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-07-15 · 100% match

The Chinese Way of ‘Peacemaking’ and ‘Democracy-Building’ in Myanmar

China invited two high-profile figures from Myanmar to visit recently, with former President Thein Sein flying to Beijing on June 27 and General Soe Win, deputy chief of the current junta, following him a week later, visiting Qingdao.

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