Four Northern Shan State Men Missing After Alleged Abduction by Armed Group
The men, who range in age from 19 to 23, were working on the Shan-China border to earn money for their school fees and...
Shan State Prisons Home to More Than 30 High School Students
For the first time, nearly half of the incarcerated students will be allowed to take the matriculation exam. There are 34 high school students...
Thousands Demonstrate in Namkham for Release of TNLA Detainee
Nang Mo Hom, a mother of three, has been held by the TNLA for one month. More than 20,000 people gathered for a peaceful...
Tatmadaw Destroys Local Farms Following Attack by Unknown Assailants in Hsipaw
Officers told locals ‘life was more important than corn’ after destroying their crops a week before the harvest. Government forces destroyed local corn farms...
As the combined force of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) armed clashes with the Restoration...
CSSU Will Not Meet Without Govt Permission: Chairperson
Sai Aik Pao says that the coalition of political parties, armed organizations and civil society groups will only work in the open. The Committee for...
Deputy Minister: Upper Yeywa Dam Construction Will Continue, Despite Public Objection
The Union Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy said ‘the people don’t need to worry too much.’ Burma’s government will allow continued construction of a...
Shan State IDPs Return Home to Protect Property Amid Ongoing Fighting
‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are...
Namkham Public to Demonstrate for Release of TNLA Detainee
Local woman Nang Mo Hom has been in TNLA custody for three weeks. Civil society organization representatives and family members of Nang Mo Hom—who...
‘No Way Out’ as Thousands of IDPs Flee Clashes in Northern Shan State
With armed conflict on the way to Hsipaw and flooding outside Lashio, the displaced in Namtu Township are filling monasteries and makeshift camps. More...