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Bomb blast injures 8 novice monks in Namtu

Eight young Buddhist monks were injured this morning when a landmine exploded while they were playing with it, according to a local aid worker...

Civilian casualties reported from Burmese army, TNLA clash

A villager was reportedly killed and three others injured as fighting broke out between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)...

Military agrees to return seized lands in Laikha

A number of rural families in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township are to be given back lands that were confiscated from them by the...

Hsipaw residents demand their land back

Some 30 local residents of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State marched through the streets on Thursday, demanding the return of lands which were...

Residents demand halt to gold mining in Mong Phyak

Local residents in eastern Shan State’s Mong Phyak Township have called for a gold-mining company to cease operations as the work is damaging their...

Coal-mining companies agree to close down in Mong Kung

The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter coal-mining companies have both agreed to halt operations at their sites following a protest by some 4,000...

Stop using civilians as weapons of war, Shan CSOs urge armed groups

Following accusations of extrajudicial killings and the mass abduction of civilians in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA),...

Civilian beaten by Burmese soldier in Mong Khark

A man was hospitalized in eastern Shan State’s Mong Khark Township after he was beaten by a Burmese soldier at a checkpoint last Monday,...

Thai passport agency cheated us, say 40 Shan workers

Some 40 Shan migrant workers in northern Thailand’s Chiang Mai province say they have been cheated by the Thai Isara Construction Company when applying...

3 killed, 7 wounded by Burmese air strike in Kyaukme

Burmese military fighter jets killed three villagers and injured seven others in a bombing mission in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, the Shan Human...

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