NLD fails in bid to close polling stations in Mong Hsu
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A request by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to cancel by-election voting at three polling stations in Mong Hsu Township, southern Shan State,...
Mong Hsu by-election: NLD member defects to SNLD
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A high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in southern Shan State has left the party and joined the Shan Nationalities League...
Shan State Assembly want to recruit staff by themselves
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The speaker of the Shan State parliament has said that the regional government – not the central government – will recruit civil servants for...
Stop using civilians as weapons of war, Shan CSOs urge armed groups
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Following accusations of extrajudicial killings and the mass abduction of civilians in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA),...
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Members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) that are parties to last month’s “Panghsang Pact” have decided to hang on together, despite the...
Burmese commander accuses Shan armies of undermining local development
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Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA)...
Burmese environmentalists urge govt to halt dams on Irrawaddy, Salween rivers
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A number of Burmese environmental organizations, including Burma Rivers Network, Save the Salween Network and The Burma Environmental Working Group (BEWG), released a statement...
Civilian beaten by Burmese soldier in Mong Khark
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A man was hospitalized in eastern Shan State’s Mong Khark Township after he was beaten by a Burmese soldier at a checkpoint last Monday,...
Wa leader orders his troops to withdraw from Mongla
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Bao Youxiang, the leader of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), last week ordered his forces to withdraw from the Mongla area, which is...
Burmese army attacks RCSS ahead of peace talks
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Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA),...