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Taunggyi-Naypyidaw Bus Lines Temporarily Halted Due to COVID-19 Restrictions

By SAI HSENG LENG Bus companies traveling the route between Taunggyi in Shan State and Burma’s administrative capital of Naypyidaw have stopped operating...

More Than 80 People Arrested Throughout Shan State for Breaking Curfew

By SAI HSENG LENG Authorities in three Shan State towns have arrested and detained more than 80 people for breaking a curfew order put...

UWSA Shutters Entry Points to Wa Self-Administered Region

In response to the coronavirus outbreak in Burma, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) locked down its Wa Self-Administered Region, closing all entry points...

Police Allegedly Extorting Travelers in Mong Yai Township

Allegations of extortion by police have been lodged by travelers passing through a checkpoint in northern Shan State's Mong Yai Township. The officers have...

Recommendation Cards To Be Issued to Voters Without ID

Voters without ID will be issued recommendation cards allowing them to cast their ballot during the upcoming 2020 general election. Htin Kyaw, chair of Shan...

Hundreds of Civilians Flee Forced Recruitment by Armed Group in Northern Shan State

By- Hseng Leang Villagers fled their homes after news circulated that an armed organization was forcibly recruiting civilians in Burma's Lashio Township. About 218 fled from...

Five Electoral Candidates Disqualified in Shan State

Five candidates have been disqualified by the Shan State Election Commission from running in the 2020 general election. Four had planned to run for seats...

Burmese Wholesalers on China Border Face New Restrictions

The Chinese government has imposed new restrictions on Burmese wholesale distributors on the China border, in a move that Burmese nationals say makes it...

Man Shot Dead in Tachileik

By -Sai Hseng Hleng A 19-year old young man was shot dead in Tachileik on the Thai border with eastern Shan State on Monday evening. A...

SNLD Candidate: ‘Women Carry Our Children on Our Backs as We Work for Equality’

The Taunggyi-based Nang Mya Oo is currently serving as the chairperson for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) in the Shan State capital....

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