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UEC Cancels Election in Southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township

Burma's Union Election Commission announced polling in Mong Kung Township is canceled despite there hasn't been any fighting in the southern Shan State township. Sai...

Three drivers Test Positive in Northern Shan State

Three truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 in Burma's northern Shan State. Thaung Tun, from Garuna Social Volunteer Team, told SHAN they're being quarantined...

SNLD Campaign Car Tumbles Into Shweli River, Killing Three, Child Still Missing

By Hseng Leng/SHAN Three women were killed and a child is missing after a vehicle carrying Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) election campaigners drove...

Villagers’ Homes Looted in Kyaukme Township

Civilians, who fled fighting between the Tatmadaw and Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), returned to their village in northern Shan State...

SNLD Halts Campaigns in Mong Hsat and Mongton After COVID-19 Cases Found

By HSENG LENG The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) has stopped its election campaign in two eastern Shan State townships after three local people...

IDPs Find Explosives After Returning to Their Homes in Kyaukme

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township said that they found artillery shells left behind by Burma Army soldiers after returning...

SNDP Billboards Destroyed in Muse

Election campaign billboards belonging to the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) have been destroyed in two locations in Muse District in northern Shan State...

IDP Population Exceeds 3,500 in Kyaukme

More than 3,500 people have been displaced by recent clashes between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Kyaukme...

Thirty-seven COVID-19 Patients Remaining in Shan State Hospitals

By Sai Hseng Hlaing There are 37 COVID-19 patients receiving medical treatment in hospitals in Shan State, with most cases in the south, near...

Burma Army Sends Reinforcements by Helicopters to Northern Shan State

By Sai Hseng Hlaing The Burma Army used combat helicopters to send reinforcements near Pong Woe Monastery, where hundreds of civilians displaced by the...

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