Muse Primary School Broken Into Over Thingyan Holiday
The perpetrators allegedly drank beer, cooked food, and broke windows in the teachers’ dormitory. A primary school in Tartwe village, in northern Shan State’s...
Who Is Behind the ‘RCSS ARMY’ Facebook Page?
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In this open letter, Khuensai Jaiyen questions who created a social media page falsely attributed to the RCSS/SSA. Ethnic people in Shan State have suffered...
Tatmadaw Bars Farmers From Crossing Confiscated Land in Lashio
Soldiers reportedly dug a channel to keep locals off the land—which has been designated for the expansion of a golf course. Farmers in northern...
Locals Say Muse Has Become A ‘Garbage City’
Residents accuse a private company of failing to pick up trash on time. Locals in the northern Shan State town of Muse say they are...
Traditional Shan Water Festival Held for First Time in Taunggyi
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The Shan capital played host to the first Shan-style Thingyan celebrations in recent memory. Ethnic Shan people from around the country gathered in the Shan...
China Blocks Imports of Namkham Farm Produce
Farmers are calling on governments on both sides of the border to address the issue. Farmers in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township say they are...
Taunggyi Police Brace for Thingyan Mayhem
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Raids have been carried out across the city ahead of this year’s water festival, which is typically a time of often raucous revelry. Police in...
Shan Migrants Head Home for Water Festival
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Thai authorities waive border-crossing fees, setting off an early exodus. Tens of thousands of migrant workers have returned to Shan State from Thailand over the...
A final group of around 50 IDPs went back to their village, glad to be returning but concerned about future fighting. All internally displaced...
Youth Efforts Lead to Recognition of Saopha’s Tomb
After three years of maintenance work, young people erect a signboard at the tomb of Laikha hereditary prince Sao Noom. Young people in Laikha,...