MANAGING BURMA’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Subjugation and suppression lead to secession urge (Part III)
How many countries do we actually have today? Thus, it is not a wonder that there are many states or countries which are not U.N....
MANAGING BURMA’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Subjugation and suppression lead to secession urge (Part II)
The urge for total independence have always been there for the non-Bamar ethnic nationalities. The clear indication that they were desperate all along could...
What Is the UPC Without the Arakan Army?
The government has issued an official announcement that the fourth round of the Union Peace Conference (UPC) will commence on August 19, and they...
MANAGING BURMA’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Subjugation and suppression lead to secession urge (Part I)
With the ethnic conflict war of more than 72 years, a time span as old as the country's independence from the British when in...
Volatile stand-off between UWSA, Mong La and Burma Army along China border
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Tensions are high between the Burma Army, the United State Wa Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army/Eastern Shan State (NDAA/ESS), also known...
SNDP Chair: People Over Age 70 ‘Do Not Need to Run’ In the 2020 Election
Burma’s general election is expected to take place across in the country in November, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. SHAN interviewed Sai Aik Pao, chair...
Ethnic Youth in Shan State Voice Criticism of Govt’s Forthcoming Aung San Banknote
The Burmese government is going to issue a new 500 kyat currency note featuring the late Gen Aung San on July 19, but not...
Burma’s Media is ‘Losing Freedom’
SHAN spoke with Nan Pawt Gay, chair of the policy board of ethnic media network Burma News International (BNI) Multimedia Group, in honor of...
Shan State Farmers ‘On Their Own’ As Crops Rot Amid COVID-19 Trade Shutdown
Hundreds of vehicles exporting produce from Burma to China are now stuck at the Shan State-China border in Muse and Namkham townships, as Chinese...
Shan State Locals Criticize Govt’s COVID-19 Aid as Insufficient, Exclusionary
To control the spread of COVID-19 in Burma, the government issued stay-at-home orders during the Thingyan water festival in mid-April and announced provisions of...
