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Kokang leader throws weight behind Panglong Conference

The exiled leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Peng Jiasheng, released a statement last Monday, saying that the Kokang militia supported...

Ethnic groups discuss shape of a future Shan State

Representatives of 13 ethnic groups have concluded a five-day meeting in Shan State capital Taunggyi, where they discussed how a future Shan State would...

Taunggyi farmers face criminal charges over land issue

Some 130 farmers in Shan State capital Taunggyi, who claimed their lands were seized by the Burmese armed forces, are now in turn being...

Shan CBOs call for Suu Kyi to halt Salween dams

Twenty-six Shan-based organizations on Wednesday sent an open letter to Burma’s State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, calling on her government...

Shallow graves uncovered in Namtu Township

The bodies of three local men have been discovered in shallow graves in Namtu Township. The cause of death is as yet unknown. According to...

Pre-Panglong high level meeting with EAOs in the offing

In response to the 8 signatory ethnic armed organization (EAO)s’ formal request on 11 August, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will soon...

Family opposes turning Yawnghwe Palace into marketplace

Sao Haymar Thaike, the daughter of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaike, has spoken out against a plan to convert Yawnghwe Palace compound into...

NLD, SNLD object to new Shan State govt building

Burma’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) have objected to a plan to construct a new...

New Panglong will be about “opening” not “substance”: EAO leaders

According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the government today...

Our participation at Panglong depends on Suu Kyi: TNLA

The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) will depend on...

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