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‘Twilight Over Burma’ screening cancelled in Thailand

The Thailand International Film Destination Festival has cancelled the screening of Twilight Over Burma, a German TV movie about the marriage between a Shan...

Civic groups demand justice for Lashio victims

Civil society organizations in Shan State released a statement on Monday demanding justice from the new Burmese government for seven victims who were killed...

‘This will not happen again’ – army commander says of Lashio murders

Maj-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Soe, the vice-commander of Northeast Command based in Lashio Township, has told families of last week’s murder victims from Mong Yaw...

Five Lashio villagers found dead near Burma Army camp

Five villagers from Mong Yaw in Shan State’s Lashio Township were found buried in shallow graves close to a Burma Army camp in the...

UN Envoy blocked from visiting conflict area in Shan State

During her visit to Shan State last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, was prevented...

Land grabs: Panglong villagers call on NLD to intervene

Residents of southern Shan State’s Panglong sub-township have called on the newly elected government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to intervene...

RCSS/SSA says villagers arrested by army were not conscripts

The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says a group of villagers arrested last month by the Burma army in eastern Shan...

Banning of film on Shan Prince “irrational” says nephew Khun Tun Oo

A planned screening in Rangoon this week of the film Twilight Over Burma, based on the true story of Prince Sao Kya Seng, from...

Shan State municipal staff’s disappearance causes concern

Over 100 people gathered in Shan State’s capital Taunggyi on Saturday to demand that senior Shan State municipal officials take responsibility for the disappearance last year...

7 civilians captured by unknown group in Northern Shan State

At least seven people were detained by an unknown group while travelling on the Namkham to Mandalay highway last Sunday, according to a representative...

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