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...
Namkham Farmers Throw Corn In River
Farmers in Namkham township that couldn’t export their corn to China after the border closed were forced to throw their spoiled corn into the...
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...
Tatmadaw Forces Villagers to Build Military Camp in Lashio Township
Burma Army troops based in Mong Kyet village tract in Lashio Township, northern Shan State, have called upon locals to provide materials, transportation and...
Civilians Threatened With Jail Time For Accepting Face Masks
The Burma Army threatened to imprison civilians if they took personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA),...
Gunmen Murder Family In Northern Shan State
Gunmen killed five members from the same family in northern Shan State, including a twelve-year-old. Ko Myo, from Volunteers Without Borders, a local civil society...
Grenade Found In Kyaukme Monastery
While cleaning a monastery in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township on Friday, monks uncovered a grenade in the facilities. The discovery occurred at around 10:30...
Naypyidaw, Telecoms Operators Block Websites of Three Ethnic Media Groups
Websites belonging to ethnic media groups—members of Burma News International (BNI)—have been blocked for days by internet data providers operating under a government order...
NO TO DAM BUILDING: Loud call to leave rivers in peace
On March 14, International Day of Action for Rivers, 23 countries' indigenous, together with thousands of river stewards, defenders, and allies called for the...
Burma Army Arrests Eastern Shan State Villagers Following Clashes With RCSS
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By YING YING / SHAN A village headman and his son were arrested by the Burma Army after government forces clashed with the Restoration...