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Wa ceasefire haunts the Burmese military, NATION
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The Nation (Thailand)
04-30-1999
POLITICALLY, and perhaps financially, the Burmese army has gained
immensely from its 1989 ceasefire agreement with the United Wa State Army
(UWSA). This marriage of convenience was the first peace pact between an
ethnic army and the Burmese junta since the breakdown of peace talks in
1964, and served as a catalyst for truce agreements with most of the other
ethnic groups.
A decade later, however, the Burme...
