Shan National Dialogue Postponed Due to COVID-19
The Shan National Dialogue (ND), which was scheduled to convene last month in southern Shan State’s Langkhur Township has been put on hold indefinitely...
Three Children in Same Hsipaw Family Die of Mystery Illness Within One Week
Three children in a family in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township have died within the last week and doctors cannot yet explain why. The family...
Shan State Govt’s Face Mask Campaign Met With Mixed Response
The Shan State government launched a face mask campaign last week covering 21 townships, including the capital city of Taunggyi to promote awareness of...
Muse’s First COVID-19 Patient Leaves Hospital
An 87-year-old woman, who is Muse’s first COVID-19 patient, has recovered and was sent home from the hospital in the northern Shan State border...
Burma’s Media is ‘Losing Freedom’
SHAN spoke with Nan Pawt Gay, chair of the policy board of ethnic media network Burma News International (BNI) Multimedia Group, in honor of...
Recovered COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Lashio Hospital
A male patient that was infected with the novel coronavirus in Shan State on March 28 has fully recovered and was sent to his...
China Returns Imprisoned Burmese Nationals to Muse
Chinese authorities transferred more than 260 Burmese nationals imprisoned the country to Muse, northern Shan State on Thursday. Thurein, a General Administrative Department (GAD) officer...
Hundreds of returning workers that were doing a 21-day quarantine in eastern Shan State are on their way back to their villages. Nearly 400 people...
Namkham Farmers Throw Corn In River
Farmers in Namkham township that couldn’t export their corn to China after the border closed were forced to throw their spoiled corn into the...
BURMA’S CIVIL WAR RAGING : More than seven decades later no ending of conflict in sight
The Burma Army or Myanmar Military doesn't even want to accept that there is civil war going on in the country, arguing that the...
