State Counselor’s Kachin State Visit: Dwindling hope for IDPs to return home
Following the disappointment of the top leaders meeting between the government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), held in Naypyitaw from October 15 to...
Monks Urge Shan Armed Groups, Political Parties to Work for Peace
‘We want the two Shan armies to merge and become one,’ says one monk. Monks from across Shan State wrote a letter last week...
Namtu Locals on Alert After Two Days of Gunfire
Community members are afraid of clashes intensifying around the end of Buddhist Lent. Residents of Mong Yin village tract in northern Shan State’s Namtu...
Farmer Injured by Landmine in Namkham
The man has reportedly been hospitalized for wounds to his legs, hands, neck and ribs. A man in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township endured...
State Counsellor visits boarding school, drug rehab center, IDP camps in Kachin State
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State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to Myitkyina in Kachin State yesterday and visited a boarding school for students from the hilly...
TNLA Detainee Nang Mo Hom: ‘I Believed I Would Go Home One Day’
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The mother of three speaks to SHAN about her two months in the armed group’s custody, After nearly two months in detention and being...
Chinese Forces Block Construction of Border Market Office in Muse
Shan State locals said they were alarmed to see Chinese troops on their side of the border and to witness the public confrontation over...
Clashes Break Out Between NCA Signatories RCSS and PNLO
An RCSS spokesperson says there were casualties on both sides, but an exact number is not known. Two clashes occurred this week between troops...
NAYPYITAW SPECIAL MEETING: Three core issues still left to be ironed out
The Nationwide Ceasefire-Signatory- Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAOs) initiated top leaders meeting involving 10 from government-military and 10 from EAOs was agreed and the government...
The disagreement on whether to attend the Popa meeting, first initiated by the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-Signatory-Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAO) but later fervently pushed by...