Lashio is the administrative center of Lashio Township and Lashio District; before April 2010, it was also the administrative center of Shan State (North). The population grew from approximately 5000 in 1960 to 88,590 in 1983.

Aug 2, 2024 · Since late June, a powerful ethnic rebel army and its allied resistance forces have mounted a renewed offensive to capture Lashio.

Nov 18, 2024 · The leader of an ethnic rebel army was being held under house arrest in China’s Yunnan province in the latest move by Beijing to pressure it to withdraw from Lashio, northern Shan state’s biggest...

Aug 20, 2022 · Lashio is a town in northern Myanmar (formerly Burma) and the capital of Lashio Township in the Shan State. It is located approximately 200 km (120 mi) north-east of Mandalay, at an elevation of 1,362 metres (4,475 ft).

Oct 2, 2024 · Hundreds of civilians in the rebel-controlled northeastern Myanmar town of Lashio are fleeing in the face of relentless junta air attacks as the military presses on with an offensive aimed at...

Aug 6, 2024 · Lashio, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of the Chinese border, has been the target of an offensive by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army since early July. The MNDAA is a military force of the Kokang minority, who are ethnic Chinese.

Aug 5, 2024 · A rebel force in Myanmar announced over the weekend that it had seized control of a regional military base in Lashio in Shan State, representing a major advance. Credit...

Jul 25, 2024 · BANGKOK — Ethnic armed groups claimed on Thursday to have captured two strategically important towns in northeastern Myanmar: Lashio, which houses the major regional military headquarters, and...

Aug 14, 2024 · With bolstered confidence, the resistance is now preparing to move into central Myanmar. Trendlines are consistently favoring the resistance and the junta is weaker than ever. The resistance’s capture of the northern city of Lashio on August 3 marks a watershed moment in Myanmar’s conflict.

Jul 11, 2024 · Northern Shan State’s capital Lashio was nearly deserted on Thursday after most residents fled the city amid intense fighting between Myanmar regime troops and the Myanmar National Democracy Alliance Army (MNDAA) and its allies, rescue teams and residents said.