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Five Months After Quake, Inle Families Get Aid—Just Before Election

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...

Food Crisis in Shan State: Displaced Run Out of Rice, Villagers Trapped by Junta

Food supplies are rapidly dwindling for more than 2,000 displaced people sheltering in Hsipaw Township, Shan State, with urgent emergency assistance needed, according to...

Artillery and Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Kyaukme and Hsipaw Townships

On the night of September 4, an artillery shell fired from the junta-controlled side of Nawng Ping, Kyaukme Township, struck Koon Kaw village in...

Pa-O National Organization Imposes Military Duty and Payments on Locals

In Nawng Lai Village Tract, Hopong Township, southern Shan State, individuals living abroad who are listed in the Pa-O National Organization/Army (PNO/PNA) military service...

Airstrikes Kill Nearly 50 Civilians in Shan State in August

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) reported that 46 civilians were killed in August due to airstrikes, artillery shelling, and drone attacks by Myanmar’s...

Kyaukme Conflict Sparks Humanitarian Crisis, Thousands Displaced

More than 10,000 civilians have fled their homes in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township as fighting between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and...

Junta’s New Registrations in Muse Seen as Vote-Rigging Tactic Before December Poll

The Myanmar military’s Immigration Department (locally known as La Wa Ka) has been issuing new household registrations in Muse, a town on the Myanmar–China...

Myanmar’s war refugees flee conflict, face toxic orange orchards

War refugees from Myanmar’s Shan State now labor in Thailand’s orange orchards, where they face toxic pesticide exposure, meager wages, and no legal protection. A...

IDP in Taunggyi Becomes First Charged Under Junta’s Election Disruption Law

A displaced man from Lashio, now living in Taunggyi Township, has been arrested and charged under the Myanmar military junta’s newly enacted Law on...

Midnight Raids in Nawnghkio Target Young Male Residents

Myanmar’s military is arresting young men during midnight census checks in Nawnghkio (Naung Cho) Township, Shan State, raising fears of forced conscription, residents told...

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