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The ethnic Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) and its armed wing the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) are coming under increasing pressure from the Chinese government to stop fighting the junta, the PSLF revealed during a press conference on Sunday.

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) in collaboration with a Chinese company has been mining gold in Mong Hsat township since about 2004 or 2005.

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Myanmar authorities have arrested an astrologer for causing panic by predicting a new earthquake in a viral TikTok video.

John Moe The had warned that an earthquake would "hit every city in Myanmar" on 21 April. But experts say earthquakes are impossible to predict due to the complexity of the factors involved in such disasters.

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A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds two months ago but remain in detention in Myanmar, attempted a mass escape Sunday out of fear that they may end up being sent back to prison-like compounds where they face beatings, torture and potentially even death.