After Winning Election, Sai Kyaw Nyunt Pledges to Work for Stability and Equality
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By Hseng Leng/SHAN SHAN spoke with Sai Kyaw Nyunt, a young and new face from Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) elected to Constituency-2 in...
BURMA’S EVENTFUL TURBULENT WEEK: Expert’s prognoses on election outcome only partly correct
By any standard the one week after November 8 is an eventful and turbulent week for Burma or Myanmar, which would usher in a...
BURMA’S NOVEMBER ELECTION: What is in for the ethnic nationalities?
The ethnic political parties (EPPs) have come a long way from being a scattered bunch with no political clout in national politics to a...
STRANGULATION OF POLITICAL SPACE: UEC cancelled voting in five ethnic states and a division
Although people have expected that there will be some cancellation of voting in several ethnic states, when the Union Election Commission (UEC) actually announced...
After Khun Htun Oo’s Resignation, What’s In Store For SNLD?
Khun Htun Oo, the chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), abruptly resigned this Sunday (September 27). SHAN editor Sai Mueng spoke with...
Sai Aung Tun: One who shows the way
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Story by Khuensai Jaiyen I learned to read and write Shan in two hours. A two page sheet of gestetnered copy was handed out to...
OBITUARY: A farewell to my mentor Sara Sai Aung Tun
As I opened up my Facebook on Friday 25 September, the passing away of Sara (Saya in Burmese) Sai Aung Tun were sporadically posted...
Nang Ya Min: Women Need to Stop Working Behind the Scenes and Stand Up At The Front
Nang Ya Min is an electoral candidate for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) for Taunggyi Township constituency-1, in southern Shan state. As a...
‘If We Want to Get Our Rights, We Must Participate in Politics,’ SNDP Candidate Says
Member of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) Nang S Kee Moe was Burma’s youngest parliamentarian after she won a state parliament seat representing...