Gunman Shoots Man In Bordertown
A man was gunned down in the streets of Tachilek, located next to the Thai border. A witness told SHAN they saw an unidentified gunman...
UNION DAY: A day to rejoice or mourn?
Today is the 73rd anniversary of Union Day, which marks the signing of historic Panglong Agreement on the 12 February 1947 between the Kachin,...
Police Seeking Chinese Suspected Of Having Coronavirus In Muse
The China government asked the Burmese police to look out for five Chinese nationals from Wuhan suspected of having the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that...
Amid Fears Of Coronavirus, Border Trade Stops
Trade on the Sino and Burmese border has dropped following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov).Businesses in Muse and Nam Kham townships have...
Gov’t And Burma Army Attending Shan National Day
At this year's Shan National Day commemoration in Loi Tai Leng government representatives and high-ranking Burma Army representatives will be in attendance. Lt Col Sai...
Militia Group Seizes Paddy Fields In Lashio Township
An armed group aligned with the Burma Army has seized hundreds of acres of land from farmers in northeastern Shan State. The Mangpan People's Militia...
Shan Community Wants Palace Land Returned
During the military regime the Haw Long palace, also called the Kengtung palace, was destroyed in the early '90s. After the property, located in Kengtung,...
Landmine Kills Villager In Myanmar’s Northern Shan State
A landmine has claimed the life of a villager and seriously injured another in Myanmar's northern Shan State. The villagers were collecting firewood at dusk...
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS: Implications of Shan and Kachin States
When novel coronavirus exploded with a vengeance in China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, the first worry for the people of Burma or Myanmar is that...
Teenager Shot Dead in Hsipaw Township
An 18-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds outside Nam-ma village in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township on Sunday. Sai Awng Lu had been...
