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  • An interesting glimpse into convoluted governing situation in Myanmar. UWSA gained territory without having to fight the military. UWSA has been in a long established cease-fire agreement with the military that neither side wishes to break. So it seems to have used the Brotherhood Alliance as its proxy in doing the fighting. However as this story reports, once it gained control of the new territories from Brotherhood Alliance, it had to seek formal recognition its rule from the military before establishing its own administrative rule over said territories.

    Part of its administrative rule includes drafting young men from the area into a militia group, along with establishing Mandarin Chinese as official language of the area. It is to be noted that ethic Wa people speak Wa, a Mon-Khmer language that is completely unrelated to Mandarin Chinese yet Mandarin is the official language.


  • Yet another guerilla army formed in Karen state and trained by Karen guerillas is moving into central Myanmar after fighting alongside Brotherhood Alliance in Shan State. They are independent of NUG, and have said they will cooperate with PDF and NUG in central Myanmar. It remains to be seen the sincerity of the commander and leaders of BPLA in revolutionary goals or they are just another group of opportunistic men seeking to replicate the fortunes made by leaders of private armies in Myanmar while preying on the idealism of the youth.