Police Exchange Gunfire With Robbers
A CCTV camera captured the ordeal and the footage has spread on social media. Police exchanged gunfire with a group of armed assailants after they...
Truckers Killed By Unknown Assailants In Northern Shan State
Ko Myo, from the group Volunteers without Borders, told SHAN he has no idea who's responsible for the attacks. Gunmen shot at two vehicles...
Migrant Workers Demand More Rights
It's difficult to register and get a labour card, said a worker employed in Thailand for over ten years. Migrant workers demanded a simplified labour...
Northern Alliance Agrees To Meet With NRPC Again
A TNLA leader said the meeting went well and there are plans to meet again soon to find a solution to end the conflict...
"There are no vacant and fallow lands in our Shan state. We only have customary farms where our ancestors have always cultivated their crops,"...
55th SSPP FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY: Will a show of good will be recognized?
On April 24, the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and its military wing Shan State Army (SSA) held an event commemorating its 55th founding...
“We haven't received any news about him. We don't know whether he's still alive,” said the man's wife. A farmer that left his home...
Girl Seeks Treatment In Thailand After Surviving House Fire
"When I went to see her at the hospital there wasn't any muscle left on her back,” said a MP for Shan State. A nine-year-old...
Shan Armed Groups Work For Unity
Buddhist monks successfully negotiated a peaceful resolution, ending months of fighting that uprooted thousands of civilians in Hsipaw township since January. A Shan armed group...
Shan Armed Groups Withdraw From Battlefield
Since early this year, RCSS/SSA and SSPP/SSA have clashed in Hsipaw township leading to the displacement of thousands of villagers. Shan leaders from two armed...
