EAOs and Govt Agree on 3-Points During JICM
Signatories of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) were in agreement with the government on three points during the Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) at...
SSPP/SSA Allows Polling Stations In Its Territories For Election
The Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) agreed to allow the Election Commission to set up polling stations in its territories for the...
Matriculation Exam Rates Decline in Shan State
The Shan State Education Department announced that fewer students have passed their matriculation exams for the 2019 to 2020 academic years compared to previous...
Govt Announces Plan to Seize and Redistribute 1,000 Acres in Kesi
The Kesi Township land management department has announced that they will seize more than 1,000 acres of land and allocate it for use by...
More Than 40 Candidates Vie for Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Posts in Shan State
A total of 43 electoral candidates have registered to contest for seven ethnic affairs ministerial posts in Shan State in November. The posts are for...
What Is the UPC Without the Arakan Army?
The government has issued an official announcement that the fourth round of the Union Peace Conference (UPC) will commence on August 19, and they...
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...
