Tatmadaw stops its military operations in the Arakan state, Kokang and
Palaung ethnic regions, stops committing war crimes in all ethnic areas, and the government must broker meaningful ceasefire talks.
Inside the bus, the conversation turns to their next mission, where they'll deliver hand-cranked wheelchairs and bicycles for students to attend school, before heading to Myanmar to aid the
Palaung indigenous community.
For instance, the Ta'ang Women's Organization was forced to cancel a press conference that documented military abuses against ethnic
Palaung. Id.
Patrick Meehan explains the anatomy of the
Palaung ceasefire with the Tatmadaw, while Mikael Gravers examines the Karen case with a focus on the complexity of fragmented internal views.
In Myanmar, Dan documented the traditional way of life of the
Palaung and Shan tribes, who have settled within the mountains of the Shan State.
(16.) Sean Ashley, Late for Buddha: The Construction of Dara'ang (Silver
Palaung) Religious and Ethnic Identity (PhD diss., Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, 2011), 14-15.
Of these, Patrick Meehan's succinct history of peace and conflict among the
Palaung (Ta'ang) is particularly useful, offering a nuanced and comprehensive contribution to the sparse literature on this community (pp.
Witnesses have told Reuters that soldiers entered Mong Yaw -- populated mainly by members of the Shan and
Palaung ethnic groups -- on June 25 and rounded up dozens of men they suspected of aiding the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, a
Palaung militia that has been fighting government forces in the area for several years.
(2.) The six self-administered territories are the zones of Naga in Sagaing Region, Danu, Pa-O,
Palaung, Kokang, and the Self-Administered Division of Wa (all in Shan State).