In Myanmar, interethnic tensions have improved in the post-coup era as more and more resistance leaders join the call to fight the junta. This shared opposition to military rule has left many people hopeful for the prospect of broader national cohesion in a country that has been beset by various civil and ethnic conflicts for decades. But this moment of national cohesion can also obscure the complex histories and intercommunal grievances that remain unresolved and a recent massacre in Southern Shan State demonstrates that the military’s violence still has the power to sow discord among a fragmented resistance movement.
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The village of North Salong in Pinlaung Township, Taunggyi District Shan State, was bombed by by the air-force. An officer in charge of the Pa-O National Defense Force- Kham Kaung (PNDF-KK) told the Shan Herald that at 1:00 p.m.
Vice Senior General Soe Win, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services, Vice Senior General Soe Win held a meeting on March 15 with military officers, Kayah Chief Minister U Zaw Myo Tint, Eastern Command Commander Maj-Gen Hla Moe, and officials at the Office of the Commander-in-Chief in Loikaw Township. During his visit, he also spoke to the families of military