Migrant Worker Suspected Of Having Coronavirus Placed Under Quarantine
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A migrant worker returning from Thailand was placed in quarantine in Shan State after exhibiting symptoms consistent with those caused by Covid-19. The Namsang township's...
Burma Army Arrests Eastern Shan State Villagers Following Clashes With RCSS
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By YING YING / SHAN A village headman and his son were arrested by the Burma Army after government forces clashed with the Restoration...
Backhoe Driver Shot Dead in Broad Daylight in Muse
A man was shot and killed in the Burma-China border town of Muse in northern Shan State on Thursday morning, local sources said. Three as-yet...
UWSA Implements Travel Restrictions to Combat Spread of COVID-19
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) has issued temporary restrictions on traveling to area under their control...
Burma Army, RCSS Clash After Meeting to Prevent Fighting
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Troops from the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought in eastern Shan State’s Mongton Township on Wednesday morning, just...
Thailand Closes Border to Shan State
Due to an emergency decree, Thailand halted all border crossings between Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province, and Tachileik in Shan State on Tuesday...
UN GENERAL-SECRETARY APPEALS FOR CEASEFIRE: Burma’s stakeholders need thinking out of the box
As novel coronavirus now dubbed as covid-19 infected count reached nearly 400,000 and death count showed close to 17,000, UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres issued...
Thailand Allows Hundreds of Migrant Workers to Return to Shan State, Despite Closed Border
Thai authorities announced the closure of the border between Mae Sai in Thailand and Tachileik in eastern Shan State over the weekend but on...
GOVERNMENT’S IDP REPATRIATION PLAN: Angst of coercive return without restitution
Very recently, on March 14, a video podcast was uploaded on Facebook by a NGO group “Land in Our Hands” with the title of...
FAILED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: Any benefit for the ethnic nationalities?
As the National League for Democracy (NLD)-led constitutional amendment 114 proposals, plus 21 other proposals by the military bloc, Union Solidarity and Development Party...
