SNDP Optimistic About 2020 Electoral Outcomes
The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) has said that he anticipates his party winning the majority of local seats in Shan...
Burma Army Sends More Soldiers Into Kyaukme
The Burma Army has sent more troops into northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township following recent protests against military violence in the area. Kyaukme resident Sai...
Government’s deception of Panglong Agreement prolongs ethnic armed conflict
Saw Than Myint Vice-Chairman of Federal Union Party (FUP) said quite bluntly in an interview with Akon Thi news recently that the ethnic people...
Tatmadaw Launches Investigation Into Death And Injuries Of Civilians
A Shan politician says he refused to join an army investigation into the killing of a civilian and others wounded by Burma Army soldiers...
SNLD Selects Candidates To Contest General Election
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) selected candidates in townships across Shan State last Sunday (July 12) to contest the 2020 general election. SNLD...
Buddhist Abbot And Villager Killed By Landmine
A landmine explosion killed a Buddhist abbot and a villager, while injuring a novice monk in Burma's northern Shan State this Tuesday (July 14). Aung...
Villagers Flee Fighting In Northern Shan State
Dozens of villagers in Burma's northern Shan State fled their homes during harvest time after hearing all too familiar sounds of gunfire nearby. Over 40...
SNLD: Burma Army Should Prosecute Its Own Perpetrators of Violence, Not Protesters
The Burma Army should take legal action against perpetrators of violence against civilians rather than prosecuting organizers of a protest against this violence, the...
More Than 10,000 People Protest Burma Army Violence in Kyaukme
More than 10,000 local people protested the Burma Army in Kyaukme, northern Shan State on Friday morning, calling for justice for local victims of...
More Than $500,000 Worth of Drugs Seized in Mong Hsat
Police seized more than 800 million kyat (US$586,600) worth of drugs and drug paraphernalia in Mong Hsat, eastern Shan State last week, but it...
