Thousands of Shan IDPs Still Unable to Vote in 2020 Election
Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Shan State living on along the Thai border say they won’t be able to vote in Burma’s...
Eastern Shan State Political Party ‘Won’t Run’ in 2020
The Eastern Shan State Development Democratic Party (ESSDDP) will not be running for any seats in the 2020 election in November. “Our ESSDDP party won't...
Off-Base Army Polling Stations Increases Transparency, Political Parties Say
Political parties contesting the 2020 election support new election regulations requiring members of the nation's armed forces to cast ballots at polling stations off...
MANAGING BURMA’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Subjugation and suppression lead to secession urge (Part I)
With the ethnic conflict war of more than 72 years, a time span as old as the country's independence from the British when in...
Nearly One-Third Of SNLD Candidates Are Female
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced twenty-nine percent of the candidates it would field for the 2020 general election are women. SNLD said...
GAME SPOILER OR FREEDOM FIGHTER?: AA not welcome to Naypyitaw
As expected the government refused to invite Arakan Army (AA) to the Union Peace Conference -21st Century Panglong, which will take place in Naypyitaw...
Voting Population Rises in Shan State
The electorate of Shan State will increase by nearly a third during the 2020 general elections compared to the 2015 election, the Shan State...
SSPP/SSA Will Attend 21st Century Panglong Conference If Govt Invites FPNCC
If the Burmese government invites all the member groups of an ethnic alliance bloc, the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has indicated...
Tatmadaw Soldiers Get Into Drunken Brawl, RCSS/SSA Says
Tatmadaw troops dispatched to an area in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township along the China border allegedly got into a drunken brawl with each...
Hundreds of Returning Workers from Thailand Cross Tachilek Friendship Bridge
Several hundred migrant workers returned from the Thai border town of Mae Sai this week, with many expected to return home again soon, said...
