6,000 Shan refugees left in limbo as international funding ends
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More than 6,000 Shan refugees, currently living in six camps along the Thai-Burmese border, are suddenly faced with the prospect of surviving without support...
Myanmar-China pipeline firms must share profits, says Shan State MP
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Namsan Township MP Aung Tun has called in parliament for the Burmese and Chinese oil and gas firms who operate pipelines through Kyaukme District...
UWSA offers to compensate for confiscated lands in Mong Pawk
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The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has pledged to pay compensation to locals in Mong Pawk whose lands were confiscated during the construction of...
Renewed fighting erupts between Burma Army and SSPP/SSA in Mong Hsu
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The Burmese armed forces clashed yesterday with troops from the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in southern Shan State’s Mong Hsu Township. “The...
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The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic...
2 children infected with H1N1 in Kyaukme
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Two children in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, are have been infected with swine flu, according to an MP from the Shan Nationalities League...
Burmese troops shoot at trucks in Lashio
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Two vehicles were shot at by Burma government soldiers when they failed to stop at a checkpoint in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township. The incident...
RCSS/SSA to return detained soldier to Tatmadaw
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The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says it will return a Burmese soldier who was apprehended earlier this week during a...
Namhsan villagers flee as clashes continue between TNLA and Burmese army
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More than 200 civilians in northern Shan State’s Namhsan Township fled their homes this week due to ongoing hostilities between Burma’s armed forces and...
4 infected with H1N1 in Taunggyi, 3 under observation
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Four people in Shan State capital Taunggyi have been confirmed infected with the H1N1 virus, while three others are under observation, according to the...