The International Tin Association has indicated that tin shipments from Myanmar's Wa State are expected to resume in the coming months, following a suspension that has lasted nearly two years, ...

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A gas explosion in a secretive enclave run by the ethnic Wa in Myanmar's eastern borderlands has killed 16 people and injured dozens, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) said Sunday. Emergency workers ...

It has a standing army of 25,000, manufactures its own guns and conscripts at least one member of each household -- meet the United Wa State Army: Communist, reclusive, China-backed rebels determined ...

Tin mining is expected to resume in Wa State, Myanmar, which could ease the deficit that has been developing in the market since operations were halted in 2023. Wa State is a self-governing polity in ...