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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 14, 2018
Absent from Tuesday's ceremonial events was the seven-member Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) bloc led by the United Wa State Army. The bloc seeks an alternative approach to the NCA. The government negotiators prefer to talk to individual groups, rather than toÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 14, 2018
Speaking at a ceremony in the capital Naypyidaw, Suu Kyi announced the next step is to cement the ceasefire and bring the remaining ten armed groups who have not joined the NCA, among them the Kayinni National Progressive Party, the Arakan National Council, the United Wa State Army and theÃÂ ...
DVB
February 13, 2018
Even the United Wa State Army's southern command sent a representative for the first time, a landmark appearance given that the two sides have had a tense relationship over the years, including occasional armed clashes. In some ways, the presence of several high-profile guests during Shan StateÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
February 12, 2018
... the unlawful associations list and terrorist organisations list in return for signing the NCA. Although the NLD government has reached an agreement with the NMSP and LDU to sign the NCA, 10 other groups still refuse to sign, including the powerful Kachin Independence Army and United Wa State Army.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 8, 2018
According to the pages posted online, the Tatmadaw said it was monitoring the United Wa State Army, which is also active in Kachin State, and take action against it as well if necessary. The pages also say the Tatmadaw complained that the 1947 Panglong agreement between the central government andÃÂ ...
Burma News International
February 8, 2018
The United Wa State Army, which leads the Northern Alliance Burma, the Pa-O National Organization/Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNO/PNLA), the Karen National Union (KNU), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), the New Mon State Party (NMSP), theÃÂ ...
Asia Times
January 24, 2018
Under N Ban La's leadership, the Kachin rebel movement has moved to forge an alliance with the United Wa State Army (UWSA), the country's largest armed militia which maintains close ties to Chinese security forces. Last year, the KIA joined the Federal Political Negotiating and Consultative CommitteeÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
January 23, 2018
This includes not only the two other UNFC members – the Karenni National Progressive Party and Arakan National Council – but also members of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee, such as the United Wa State Army and Kachin Independence Army. Under the political dialogueÃÂ ...
Xinhua
January 23, 2018
... in formulating the principles toward a democratic federal union in the future. Several other groups which have not yet signed the NCA include the Kayinni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Arakan National Council (ANC), the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
January 19, 2018
Meanwhile, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), a heavily armed insurgent group with over twenty thousand fighters (and historically linked to narcotrafficking), roams free in portions of Shan State it controls. The UWSA has mostly disdained the government's peace efforts, and has increasingly supportedÃÂ ...
Burma News International
January 16, 2018
The SSPP led by General Pang Fa resigned from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and joined the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC), a seven-member coalition led by the United Wa State Army (UWSA). Clashes have broken out frequently in Mong Hsu,ÃÂ ...
Bangkok Post
January 7, 2018
Officers suspect these drugs originated from the United Wa State Army in Myanmar and had been smuggled overland into northern Thailand before being moved south during the New Year festival, Pol Gen Chakthip said. Traffickers were believed to have taken advantage of the large number of peopleÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 31, 2017
The groups based in the northeast, including the KIA and the United Wa State Army, traveled to Naypyitaw in May and met with State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Also, the first part of the Union Accord was signed. The NLD government plans to change the military-drafted Constitution through theÃÂ ...
Asia Times
December 31, 2017
“Whether you're looking at the number of clashes or the geographic locations, the trend is clear: it's always north Shan.” Map-Myanmar-Shan State-United Wa State Army-MNDAA-JPEG. A map of Myanmar's insurgency-prone Shan State. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The slide towards renewed war isÃÂ ...
Asia Times
December 29, 2017
The United Wa State Army (UWSA), Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed organization, stepped into the peace vacuum by consolidating several northern groups into a new negotiating bloc, making the whole process even more vexed than it already was. Myanmar's oldest armed group, the KarenÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
December 20, 2017
With the intervention of Sun Guoxiang, some officials from Myanmar's peace commission are currently discussing with the Kachin Independence Organisation/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA), the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSP/UWSA) on separate occasions, some sources said.
Eleven Myanmar
December 20, 2017
With the intervention of Sun Guoxiang, some officials from Myanmar's peace commission are currently discussing with the Kachin Independence Organisation/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA), the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSP/UWSA) on separate occasions, some sources said.
Mizzima News
December 18, 2017
This photo taken on June 26, 2017 shows members of the United Wa State Army jumping off from a car as they arrive in Poung Par Khem region, near the Thai and Myanmar border. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP. A new briefing by the Myanmar Insititute for Peace and Securitys (MIPS) has further highlighted theÃÂ ...
Eleven Myanmar
December 13, 2017
They are: United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army, Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin Independence Army, Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Mongla Democratic Alliance Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Arakan Army.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 12, 2017
That's why I think the Arakan Army poses a serious threat next year to the peace process, because it is not going to be the Kachins, or the UWSA [United Wa State Army] that would be a threat to the peace process. It would be a smaller group who do not really have a fundamental outlook on what they want.
Burma News International
December 7, 2017
The PSLF/TNLA is a member of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC), which is led by the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSA/UWSP). Also known as the Northern Alliance, the FPNCC has declared that it is willing to negotiate with the government, but willÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 7, 2017
NAYPYITAW — The chief of Myanmar's counter-narcotics police force has criticized the signing of an agreement between China's Yunnan Province and the United Wa State Army (UWSA) to cooperate on drug eradication. Yunnan Province government officials and UWSA leaders signed an agreement onÃÂ ...
The Asia Sentinel
December 31, 1999
“Operating largely through the Kings Roman Casino, the Zhao Wei TCO facilitates the storage and distribution of heroin, methamphetamine, and other narcotics for illicit networks,” officials said in the statement, claiming that Zhao is in league with the United Wa State Army, Myanmar's largest ethnic armedÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
... and formulate the principles toward a democratic federal union in the future. Several other groups which have not yet signed the NCA include the Kayinni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the Arakan National Council (ANC), the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
World Politics Review
December 31, 1999
HONG KONG—There are few winners from the crisis in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, where thousands of ethnic Rohingyas have lost their lives in an ongoing military crackdown and hundreds of thousands more have been displaced. But one exception is China, whose diplomats have skillfullyÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
December 31, 1999
KIO leaders pledged to stand with the “northern allies,” or Pangkham Allies — a group of seven ethnic armed militias that has formed a coalition led by the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Myanmar's largest non-state army, which has emerged as a key player in Myanmar's peace process. They then formedÃÂ ...
Asia Times
December 31, 1999
Only China has close connections with the ethnic armed groups in the north that have refused to sign the NCA, including the heavily armed and influential United Wa State Army (UWSA), and is thus the only viable foreign interlocutor in the peace process. All in all, China is increasingly seen as a “friend inÃÂ ...
Burma News International
December 7, 2017
The PSLF/TNLA is a member of the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC), which is led by the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSA/UWSP). Also known as the Northern Alliance, the FPNCC has declared that it is willing to negotiate with the government, but will ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 7, 2017
NAYPYITAW — The chief of Myanmar's counter-narcotics police force has criticized the signing of an agreement between China's Yunnan Province and the United Wa State Army (UWSA) to cooperate on drug eradication. Yunnan Province government officials and UWSA leaders signed an agreement on ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
November 30, 2017
It was later moved to the CPB's headquarters at Panghsang inside Myanmar—now also the headquarters of its successor, the United Wa State Army (UWSA). Among the items China sent to the CPB was a truckload of newly printed, detailed contour maps of Myanmar. The plan was to push down from the ...
Frontier Myanmar
November 29, 2017
In 2001, fighting erupted between the Shan State Army-South and the Tatmadaw, which was being supported by the United Wa State Army.
Asia Times
November 29, 2017
The FPNCC has coalesced around Myanmar's strongest insurgent faction, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), which has not let its own ...
Asia Times
November 28, 2017
United Wa State Army soldiers march during a media display in Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya ...
Asian Correspondent
November 17, 2017
... to our homes, because our villages are now derelict, or have been occupied by the Burma Army, their militia or the United Wa State Army.
Myanmar Times
November 16, 2017
... and location of the meeting remains to be determined, said U Nyi Rang in-charge of the internal affairs of the United Wa State Army (UWSA).
Burma News International
November 15, 2017
Government peace negotiators attempting to bring Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed group, the United Wa State Army, in line with the ...
Himal Southasian
November 15, 2017
The third negotiating force is the powerful United Wa State Army, based near the Chinese border in Myanmar's Shan State. It has an estimated ...
ReliefWeb
November 15, 2017
... which included high-level military leaders, met separately with the leaders of the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSP/UWSA)Â ...
Mizzima News
November 14, 2017
A delegation led by Union Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen Ye Aung held talks with leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in Wa Special ...
Burma News International
November 9, 2017
A government peace delegation will allegedly meet with the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA)Â ...
Tehelka
November 8, 2017
... peace broker in Myanmar, maintains secret relationship with its rebel groups including United Wa State Army (UWSA), Kachin Independence ...
Myanmar Times
November 5, 2017
... ethnic groups on the Myanmar-China border – the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA-Mongla).
Daily News & Analysis
November 1, 2017
The United Wa State Army battling the Myanmar government has the capacity to mobilise as many as 30,000 troops. In 2015 and 2016, a total ...
Mizzima News
October 27, 2017
FPNCC consists of seven EAOs, namely the Sino-Myanmar border-based United Wa State Army (UWSA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army ...
ReliefWeb
October 25, 2017
... and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) formed in April and led by the United Wa State Army which reject the NCA approach to peace.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 23, 2017
The homes of IDPs have been occupied by the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Tatmadaw and militia, according to the Shan State Refugee ...
Burma News International
October 20, 2017
... the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC), which is led by the United Wa State Army, and has rejected the NCA.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 20, 2017
... Federal Political Negotiation Consultative Committee (FPNCC), led by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) urge for an alternative approach.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 16, 2017
These three EAOs are allied with the militarily strong United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) under new ...
Kyodo News Plus
October 16, 2017
About a dozen other ethnic rebel groups, including the most powerful ones, the United Wa State Army and the Kachin Independence Army, ...
