After Northern Shan Victories, Where Will Myanmar Junta Offensives Turn Next?

The military regime has likely set its sights on reclaiming territory lost to the resistance in Mandalay Region now that it has re-established a solid corridor in northern Shan state all the way to the Chinese border.

The junta’s reconquests in northern Shan are unlikely to continue, even though much of the state remains in the hands of the Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed groups.

Recently, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic Palaung armed group, was forced to sign a ceasefire agreement with the regime at China-brokered peace talks in Kunming on Oct 27 and 28.