United Wa State Army

United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers participate in a military parade, to commemorate 30 years of a ceasefire signed with the Myanmar military in the Wa State on April 17, 2019. Photo: AFP
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01 June 2022
China-backed Myanmar rebels call on junta to embrace peace talks
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01 July 2021
The SSPP responds to rumours regarding UWSA...
The Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP/SSA) told Mizzima that it was not true that the...
(File) An armored fighting vehicle of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) drives in a downtown area of Panghsang, also called Pang Kham, autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 17 April 2019. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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08 December 2020
Indian officials say Myanmar armed groups acting...
Indian officials say China is assisting Indian rebel groups that have stepped up attacks...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives a delegation from United Wa State Army (UWSA) at Aung Pyi Hein Avenue in Tachilek Station of Triangle Region Command on 5 September. Photo: Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
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07 September 2020
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets with UWSA...
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing received a...
Panghsang. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
Election 2020
04 March 2020
Wa to participate in general elections
The United Wa State Army, will hold voting in four townships of its self-administered...
Panghsang. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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18 December 2019
UWSA allows reopening of churches
Christian churches ordered closed last year by an ethnic separatist army in northern...
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05 October 2019
UWSA arrests drug trafficking gang with over 4...
United Wa State Army (UWSA) liaison office in-charge in Lashio, Nyi Run, said that they...
Fireworks explode over the sky after the welcome dinner, organised to commemorate the 30th anniversary of peace-building efforts in Wa State, in Panghsang on April 16, 2019. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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22 April 2019
Hidden but hopeful: the youth of Myanmar’s...
High up in the eastern mountains of Myanmar bordering China, Wa is one of Asia's most...
UWSA soldiers march in formation during a parade held to mark the 30th anniversary of Wa State in Panghsang, also called Pang Kham of autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 17 April 2019. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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18 April 2019
‘Masters of our destiny’: Myanmar’s Wa rebels in...
It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one...
(File) Members of the United Wa State Army travelling in a convoy in Poung Par Khem region, near the Thail and Myanmar border. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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25 March 2019
Gas explosion kills 16 in Myanmar’s remote Wa...
A gas explosion in a secretive enclave run by the ethnic Wa in Myanmar's eastern...
Members of the United Wa State Army travelling in a convoy near the Thail and Myanmar border. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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14 November 2018
Some Bible students forcibly recruited by UWSA...
Some of the Bible students forcibly recruited by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in...
The cross on this church in Shan State in Myanmar was destroyed by soldiers from the United Wa State Army. (Screen grab from video on social media)
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17 October 2018
UWSA expels more Catholics
A second group of Catholic clergy and laypeople have been expelled from Myanmar's...
This photo taken on June 26, 2017 shows members of the United Wa State Army travelling in a convoy in Poung Par Khem region, near the Thai and Myanmar border. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
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11 October 2018
UWSA imposes restrictions on Christians
Ethnic-minority Wa and Lahu Christians near Myanmar's border with China were detained and...

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