NRPC AND NA-B MEETING IN KENGTUNG: Bilateral ceasefire realization getting nearer?
The much awaited meeting between government's National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and National Alliance – Burma (NA-B) took place on August 31 morning,...
Northern Alliance Forces Strike Burma Army Base in Lashio
The Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups attacked a Tatmadaw battalion base operating under the northeastern military command in Lashio on Wednesday. According to locals,...
Tatmadaw Searches Ta’ang School, Detains Teachers
Burma Army soldiers searched the Ta’ang Education Center (TEC) in Kutkai, northern Shan State, and detained two ethnic Ta’ang teachers this week. On the evening...
Military Intelligence Arrests Two Shan Teachers
Military intelligence agents from Napyidaw arrested two Shan volunteer teachers in Pyin Oo Lwin this month, claiming that the young men were suspected of...
Eleven Killed, 25 Wounded in Shan State Clashes, Civil Society Network Says
Eleven civilians have been killed and 25 wounded in fighting in northern Shan State, local civil society groups have said. According to the Humanitarian Strategic...
Car Attacked Near Kutkai Tollgate, Driver Injured
A civilian car was shot at by an unknown armed group while passing through a tollgate in Kutkai, northern Shan State on Tuesday morning,...
NCA Signatories Call For Fighting to Cease in Shan, Rakhine States
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Ten ethnic armed organizations signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have urged stakeholders to reduce clashes in Rakhine and northern Shan State. Members of...
IDPs From Lashio Monastery Return Home ‘With Fear’
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Internally displaced people (IDPs) who sought refuge in Thirimingla Mansu monastery in Lashio, northern Shan State, returned home this week to tend to their...
KARENNI LAND CONFISCATION: Government’s land reform amendment and its negative consequences
On August 20, a 45-page “Federal land administration still a long way in the country's land reform sector report” was released by Kayah...
Ethnic Armed Groups Deny Accusations of Extortion on Northern Shan State Road
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Drivers in northern Shan State have said that an armed group has been demanding payment from vehicles using a road between Muse and Kutkai...
