[7] After the ceasefire, the area underwent an economic boom, with both the MNDAA and regional Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) troops profiting from increased opium harvests and heroin-refining.

[20] The MNDAA were involved in Operation 1027 in October 2023, launching coordinated attacks and seizing governmental military outposts ranging from Lashio to Hopang Township in northern Shan State.

[23] On 5 January 2024, the MNDAA gained full control of Laukkai, the capital of Kokang, following a mass surrender of the last Burmese military junta forces.

[27] On June 25, the TNLA announced that it was resuming military operations against the junta in reaction to repeated ceasefire violations and launched simultaneous attacks in coordination with local PDF groups.

[29] On 14 July, the group announced a four-day halt in fighting to avoid interfering with the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

[32] Citing China's foreign ministry, Reuters reported the Myanmar military and MNDAA signed a formal ceasefire agreement starting on 18 January 2025, following talks in Kunming.

[34] The Myanmar Now article notes that commander Peng Daxun had been "summoned to China’s Yunnan Province in late October and held there indefinitely" under detention, and his "status and whereabouts are still unknown".

The European Union condemned the executions "in the strongest term", calling them "an inhuman and degrading punishment that represents an ultimate denial of human dignity".