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Advance Voters Report Harassment by Polling Officers

Seniors in southern Shan State who are eligible for advance voting for Burma's election complained of harassment by staff at polling stations. According to the...

Burma Army Troops Arrest, Beat Shanni Political Campaigner, TNDP Leader Says

Plainclothed Burmese soldiers arrested and beat up a campaigner for the Tai-leng (Shanni) Nationalities Development Party (TNDP) in Sagaing Region’s Homalin Township this week,...

RCSS Admits to Accidentally Shooting, Injuring GAD Officers in Mongpan

The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has admitted that their soldiers accidentally shot and injured two General Administration Department (GAD) officers as they...

Two GAD Officers Shot and Wounded in Mongpan

Two General Administration Department (GAD) officers were shot and injured by unidentified gunmen in the forests between Huay Zwe and Ner Won village tract...

Three Women Killed in PNO Campaign Car in Southern Shan State

By Hseng Leng Three female Pa-O National Organization (PNO) campaigners were killed after the vehicle they were driving crashed near Ban Yin village, located in...

Dead Bodies Found Two Days in a Row in One Namtu Village

Dead bodies were found two days in a row in Panglon village in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township this week, with no leads on...

More Than 2,000 IDPs Return Home in Kyaukme

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled recent fighting between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Kyaukme Township, northern...

Gunmen Release Abductee in Namkham

A woman abducted by an unknown armed group in Burma's unruly northern Shan State was released yesterday, October 19. The woman, who owns a construction...

SNLD Campaign Car Tumbles Into Shweli River, Killing Three, Child Still Missing

By Hseng Leng/SHAN Three women were killed and a child is missing after a vehicle carrying Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) election campaigners drove...

Villagers’ Homes Looted in Kyaukme Township

Civilians, who fled fighting between the Tatmadaw and Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), returned to their village in northern Shan State...

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