Food Donations Not Enough For Families During COVID-19 Lockdown
The Shan State government announced it will start providing basic food rations to 650,000 people in need during COVID-19 lockdowns. Soe Nyunt Lwin, the Shan...
Coronavirus Lockdown Disrupts Produce Trade
COVID-19 lockdowns have killed sales from the profitable produce trade in Taunggyi, merchants told SHAN. Sales in the Shan State capital started declining before...
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...
BURMA ARMY’S NEW STRATEGY: Anti-narcotics move and disarmament of a militia
When the Tatmadaw or Burma army recently announced the large amount seizure of narcotics in Kutkai Township, Kaungkha village, later followed by the disarmament...
Some 200 Migrant Workers Quarantined in Tachileik
Nearly 200 migrant workers were permitted to return to Burma from Thailand on Monday, even though the border between the two countries had previously...
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...
Curfew Imposed on Namzang Township
Authorities in Namzang Township, southern Shan State, have enforced a 7:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. curfew on the area until April 30 in what...
BURMA ARMY’S MINDSET: No to Unilateral Ceasefire
The Karen National Union (KNU) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the former a nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatory ethnic armed organization and the latter non-signatory,...
Shan State Govt Has Less Than $360,000 Left in Budget to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
The Shan State government does not have any separate funds designated to prevent and treat the coronavirus, and will rely on what remains in...
Chinese Border Gates With Shan State Closed Indefinitely
Both official and unofficial border gates between the northern Shan State townships of Muse and Namkham and China have been closed for travel for...