Cancellations leave 100,000 unable to vote in central Shan State
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Due to polling cancellations in two townships, over 100,000 central Shan State citizens will not be able to cast votes on November 8, local...
Burmese Consulate in Thailand refuses to accept Shan CBOs’ anti-war statement
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Both the Myanmar Consulate General and U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai refused to officially accept an open letter delivered by a delegation from a...
Conflict in Shan State leads to school closures for over 1,200 students
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Ongoing armed conflict has led to the closure of 14 schools, affecting about 1,250 children in three townships in central Shan State’s Loilem District,...
Myanmar Consulate in Thailand: “We can’t help migrant workers to vote”
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Shan migrant workers will not be able to participate Burma’s general election on November 8, a representative from the Chiang Mai-based Myanmar Consulate confirmed...
Sai Win Myint: “We started ESSDDP because the two Shan parties do not cooperate”
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Sai Win Myint is a member of the three-month-old Eastern Shan State Development Democratic Party (ESSDDP) also known as the “Kongjai Party.” He was...
Authorities support or block Shan State peace rallies, depending on political tone
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Thousands attended public gatherings for peace across Shan State this weekend, both voluntarily and allegedly due to pressure from local authorities. Yesterday, a Buddhist ceremony...
Military clashes, IDP crisis and bomb blast shake Mong Hsu Township
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An unexplained bomb blast yesterday injured three children and killed one elderly woman in the central Shan State township of Mong Hsu, an area...
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Around 250 people gathered at a temple in Chiang Mai on Thursday evening for a vigil dedicated to victims of a Burma Army attack...
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Ethnic youth from across Shan State spoke to S.H.A.N. about the region’s political future after the historic but controversial nationwide ceasefire agreement expected to...
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The Burma Army launched artillery toward the headquarters of the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army-N (SSPP/SSA-N) yesterday in Wan Hai, Kesi Township, according...