Arakan nationalist Dr. Aye Maung stripped of MP status
The recent news that the imprisoned Dr. Aye Maung being banned from politics and not allowed to take up office as lawmaker was greeted...
Shan State Parliament Approves 2020-21 Budget
The budget for the 2020-21 financial year for Shan State should be fairly allocated based on what’s needed in the different regions of the...
Burma Army Suppresses Farmers’ Attempt to Reclaim Confiscated Land in Lashio
Nearly 15 years after their land was seized by the military, farmers in Lashio Township attempted to cultivate their lost fields, only to have...
18-Year-Old Man Found Dead of Knife Wound in Lashio
The body of an 18-year-old man was found in Lashio Township on Sunday, dead from apparent stab wounds. The man was found in the bushes...
Tangyan Locals Worried Coal Mining Will Cause Village Collapse
Locals in northern Shan State’s Tangyan Township are concerned that ongoing coal mining in the area is creating conditions for the collapse of the...
Shan State Tests COVID-19 Contact Tracing on Migrants Repatriated From Malaysia
Two Shan State residents currently in quarantine have been tested for COVID-19 after returning from Malaysia on the same flight as another man who...
Taunggyi COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Hospital
Burma’s 121st COVID-19 patient was discharged from Sao San Htun hospital in Taunggyi on Saturday. Dr. Hnin Ei Phyu, the deputy head of Shan State’s...
Police Arrest Chinese Nationals in Muse Drug Haul
Police seized more than 1.8 billion kyat (more than US$1.2 million) worth of drugs and weapons in a bust in Muse, northern Shan State...
UWSA Executes Three Chinese Nationals for Alleged Murder, Robbery
Three Chinese nationals were sentenced to death and executed last week by the authorities in the Wa Self-Administered Region, run the by United Wa...
COVID-19 Patients Still Recovering In Kengtung
Three COVID-19 patients, including a doctor and a nurse that were infected with the coronavirus, are recovering in a hospital in eastern Shan State. "All...