Farmer Injured by Landmine Explosion in Hsipaw Paddy Field
The area saw intense clashes between the RCSS and SSPP, but locals do not know which group left the landmine. A 19-year-old farmer suffered injures...
“There are many landmines that have been left behind and I'd like those that are responsible to remove them,” a villager said. A farmer that...
Civilian Shot, Injured in Namlan
The gunfire came from nearby clashes, although it is unknown which armed groups were fighting at the time the 25-year-old man was hit. A...
PRESS FREEDOM: Two Reuters reporters’ pardon as a piecemeal solution?
It is really a good news to hear the release of the two Reuters reporters who have been behind bars for 511 days. Reportedly, the...
Migrant Workers Demand More Rights
It's difficult to register and get a labour card, said a worker employed in Thailand for over ten years. Migrant workers demanded a simplified labour...
"There are no vacant and fallow lands in our Shan state. We only have customary farms where our ancestors have always cultivated their crops,"...
Girl Seeks Treatment In Thailand After Surviving House Fire
"When I went to see her at the hospital there wasn't any muscle left on her back,” said a MP for Shan State. A nine-year-old...
Ad hoc panel discussion and the Myitsone dam controversy
On April 20, an ad hoc panel discussion attended by some 700 people titled “Will Redeem Back The Irrawaddy” headed by the Metta Development...
Militia Member Shoots Two Children in Hsihseng Township
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The man walked into a monastery and shot two nine-year old boys while they slept. A member of a militia group shot and killed...
Hundreds in Northern Shan State Protest for Return of Farmland Seized by Army
The land was taken in 1990 and unused portions are being sold block by block by the Tatmadaw, locals say. More than 200 farmers...
