Mapping No. 36
Ta’ang (Palaung) State Dream and Territorial Expansion
The maps below depict territories controlled by the Palaung State Liberation Organization/Army
(PSLO/PSLA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) during specific time periods. Ta’ang (Palaung) armed insurgencies started in 1963. Over the course of nearly 15 years, the TNLA has been active in townships in northern Shan State and Mogok Township in the Mandalay region. Notably, following the Operation 1027,
they expanded their controlled territories by seizing up to five towns in northern Shan State to bring the Ta’ang State dream into reality.