The United Wa State Army’s emergence as a crucial player in the peace process and its refusal to sign the nationwide ceasefire has left the government in a difficult position, given the high costs of pursuing parallel peace processes.
Pressure from China has forced ethnic armies in Shan State to stop supplying arms to resistance groups in Myanmar's central Dry Zone, leading to scarcity of guns and ammunition among PDFs struggling to hold ground against the military.
BY Frontier
