Locals Will Protest Coal Mine in Mongkai If Company Does Not Withdraw
‘If they cannot work in our paddy fields, how will they survive?’ a local monk said. Locals in Mongkai, southern Shan State, say they...
EMPOWERING PEACE MOVEMENT: Way out from elusive peace and political dialogue stagnation
Stalled peace negotiation process and lack of political dialogue have now pushed back the country to where it has started in 2011. The then...
No Budget For Nam Hu Nwet-Kawng Hkar Road Improvement in Hsipaw, Govt Says
Paving the existing road would address transportation difficulties for nearly 500 people, an MP says. There is no plan to improve a road requested...
14 People in Shan State Facing Charges under Unlawful Associations Act
According to Shan State’s top judge, 14 people in the northern part of the state have been charged with violating the controversial colonial-era law. A...
UWSA: We Are Not Rivals of the Burma Army
The statement follows allegations by the Tatmadaw that the UWSA had attempted to present itself as a parallel state to Burma. The United Wa...
Namkham under Water as Flooding Starts Early This Rainy Season
Residents say the town has experienced serious flooding for each of the past three years, and that this is the earliest it has ever...
Police Arrest Four in Raid on Tachilek Gambling Den
The raid comes as a new law aims to tighten restrictions on Burmese gamblers, but still allows foreigners to indulge at approved casinos. Police in...
Thais Block Meeting of NCA Signatory Groups in Chiang Mai
The meeting was set to discuss a proposal to disband the Burma Army-approved Peace Process Steering Team. Plans to examine a proposal to scrap the...
UK Embassy Officials Meet Shan State Peace Monitors
The meeting was aimed at assessing the current situation on the ground and challenges faced by peace monitors. Officials from the British embassy in Yangon...
Disruption of EAOs’ meeting by Tatmadaw against reconciliation
Once again, on June 7, the Tatmadaw or Myanmar military attache for Thailand brigadier general Khin Zaw wrote to his Thai counterpart colonel Pattana...
