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More Than 2,000 IDPs Return Home in Kyaukme

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled recent fighting between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Kyaukme Township, northern...

Gunmen Release Abductee in Namkham

A woman abducted by an unknown armed group in Burma's unruly northern Shan State was released yesterday, October 19. The woman, who owns a construction...

Displaced Civilians Find Artillery Shell After Returning to Village

By Hseng Leng/SHAN Civilians, displaced by fighting in northern Shan State, found an artillery shell at a home while returning to their village in Kyaukme...

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...

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