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Gov’t And Burma Army Attending Shan National Day

At this year's Shan National Day commemoration in Loi Tai Leng government representatives and high-ranking Burma Army representatives will be in attendance. Lt Col Sai...

Militia Group Seizes Paddy Fields In Lashio Township

An armed group aligned with the Burma Army has seized hundreds of acres of land from farmers in northeastern Shan State. The Mangpan People's Militia...

Shan Community Wants Palace Land Returned

During the military regime the Haw Long palace, also called the Kengtung palace, was destroyed in the early '90s.  After the property, located in Kengtung,...

Landmine Kills Villager In Myanmar’s Northern Shan State 

A landmine has claimed the life of a villager and seriously injured another in Myanmar's northern Shan State. The villagers were collecting firewood at dusk...

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS: Implications of Shan and Kachin States 

When novel coronavirus exploded with a vengeance in China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, the first worry for the people of Burma or Myanmar is that...

Teenager Shot Dead in Hsipaw Township 

An 18-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds outside Nam-ma village in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township on Sunday.  Sai Awng Lu had been...

Shan State Day Commemoration Canceled in Namkham Due to Coronavirus Fears 

A February 7 Shan State Day commemoration has been canceled in Namkham town due to fears of the spreading coronavirus.  The organizing committee for the...

Shan National Day, Union Day and Constitutional Amendment 

Even though coronavirus epidemic has been making the headlines and doesn't seem to become a yesterday news anytime soon, having a tremendous impact on...

Shan State Day Commemoration Canceled in Muse Due to Coronavirus Fears

The event organizing committee for Shan State Day in Muse said that the 73rd anniversary of the day will not be commemorated in the...

KIA Rejects Tatmadaw Report of Kachin Deserters 

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has rejected a Burma Army claim that 21 KIA deserters surrendered to government forces in Mong Ko, northern Shan...

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