Floods and Forced Payments Push Shan State Rice Farmers to the Brink
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Farmers in the Pong Inn area, where the borders of Taunggyi, Hopong, and Hsihseng townships meet in southern Shan State, are facing mounting losses...
Landslide Buries IDP Camp in Shan State, 10 Missing Including Infant
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A landslide triggered by continuous rains in Ywangan Township, Southern Shan State, buried a camp for displaced people in Kyauk Taw village, leaving 10...
Inle Lake Festival Proceeds Amid Flood and Earthquake Recovery Struggles
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The annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival (Thadingyut Festival) is underway in the Inle region of Yawnghwe (Nyaungshwe) Township, organized under tight security by...
Toxic Rare Earth Mining Ravages Farmland and Threatens Livelihoods in Eastern Shan State
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The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) reports that more than 40 acres of farmland have been destroyed downstream of rare earth mines in the...
China Hosts Media Forum in Yunnan, Draws Criticism in Myanmar
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China hosted the 2025 Media Cooperation Forum on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on September 16–17, bringing together more...
Five Months After Quake, Inle Families Get Aid—Just Before Election
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The Military Junta has finally provided financial assistance to households affected by the March 28 earthquake in Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe Township, southern Shan State—delivered...
Rare Earth Mining Booms in Golden Triangle After Myanmar Coup: SHRF
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Rare earth mining in Mong Yawng Township, part of Myanmar’s Golden Triangle border region under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA,...
Eight Killed, Dozens Missing After Landslide Hits Flood-Stricken Pangtara Township
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A catastrophic landslide tore through this Konesaung and Onget villages in Pangtara Township before dawn on July 28, claiming at least eight lives and...
Cyclone Wipha Triggers Widespread Flooding Across Eastern and Southern Shan State
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Torrential rains unleashed by Cyclone Wipha have triggered flash floods across eastern and southern Shan State, damaging homes, submerging farmland, and forcing evacuations in...
Floods and Debt Push Inle Region Farmers to the Brink
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Weeks of relentless rainfall since June 10 have submerged thousands of acres of farmland in the Inle region of Nyaungshwe Township, southern Shan State,...
