Ethnic Parties Doubt Joint Committee’s Ability to Amend 2008 Constitution
This month has seen membership of a joint committee tasked with amending Burma’s military-drafted 2008 Constitution shrink. The shift has raised questions of whether...
Investigation: Shan State’s Pangolins Threatened With Extinction
Shan children in rural communities have long been seen wearing flat, shell-like pendants on their necks, a hole cut into its surface and hung...
BILATERAL CEASEFIRE TALKS: Aftermath of the second Kengtung meeting
On September 17, the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC), which included the military or Tatmadaw representatives,...
Houses burglarized in Nam Khur village when villagers have fled
Houses have been burglarized in Nam Khur village in Namhsan township when villagers have fled their home during the clashes in Namhsan township in...
Kutkai Villager ‘Seriously Injured’ by Landmine
A 36-year-old man sustained injuries to his legs and hands after a landmine exploded near him in the jungle outside of Maw Harn village...
Shan protested against IFC meeting on its hydro-power dam project on Namtu River
On September 12, some 200 Shan Civil Society Organizations' (CSOs) members staged a protest rally in Taunggyi, capital of the Shan State, while the...
Child Injured by Shrapnel During Fighting in Namhsan
A nine-year-old boy was injured on Monday after an artillery shell fell in Nam Khur village in Namhsan Township during fighting between the Burma...
More Than 1,000 Displaced People Seek Refuge in Namhsan Town
Clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Burma Army near Namhsan town in northern Shan State have displaced more than 1,000...
RCSS, TNLA Clash in Kyaukme Township
Forces belonging to the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) fought in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township...
Tatmadaw Arrest, Assault Villager and Headman in Mong Ping Township
Two men were arrested and beaten by members of the Burma Army in eastern Shan State’s Mong Ping Township last week, after being accused...
