Life Returns to ‘Ghost Town’ Lashio as Myanmar Junta-MNDAA Truce Takes Hold

Lashio residents displaced by fighting between the junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) are cautiously eyeing a return home after the two sides signed a ceasefire.

Residents fled in large numbers after the MNDAA and allied forces launched their assault in early July last year. The ethnic army captured the city and its Northeastern Command one month later, prompting regime airstrikes that forced more residents to flee.