[2] The name "Mong Nawng" means "town near a lake" in Shan, and is transliterated into Burmese as Maingnaung.

[4] More recently the area has been ravaged by conflicts between the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) and the Burmese Army.

[5] Beginning on 6 October 2015 a large scale offensive by the Tatmadaw comprising 20 Burma Army battalions has been launched in central Shan State.

The aim of the military is to seize Shan ceasefire territories in Kehsi, Mong Hsu and Mong Nawng townships, using heavy artillery and with fighter jet and helicopter gunship air support to indiscriminately shell and bomb civilian areas.

These attacks have displaced thousands of Shan, Palaung, Lisu and Lahu people causing a new humanitarian crisis.