Former Thai PM Abhisit Recommends Stateless Student-Turned-Paper Plane Champion for Citizenship
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Mong Thongdee was promised citizenship nine years ago at age 12 when he represented Thailand in an international paper airplane contest. Former Thai Prime...
Hundreds of Villagers Flee Rising Tension Between RCSS and Northern Alliance in Namtu
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Nearly 600 people are displaced after hearing shots fired in the northern Shan State township. Hundreds of villagers in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township...
Clashes Intensify Between Burma Army and Northern Alliance in Kutkai Township
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The groups have engaged in a series of battles in northern Shan State, with the Tatmadaw reportedly sending in reinforcements. Government forces—also known as the...
China’s mediation of Northern Alliance and the Tatmadaw
It is quite well known and already an accepted fact that China is doing everything to reconcile the warring parties involving the Myanmar Army...
Yawnghwe Royal Clothing Returned After Six-Month Cleaning Process
The royal wardrobe boasts nearly 140 pieces of attire once worn by saophas. The royal clothing of Yawnghwe prince and Burma’s first President Sao...
Shan State Locals, MPs Call For Halt to Hydropower Projects on Namtu River
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The demands are in opposition to the Upper Yeywa Dam, which expected to drown a village and hundreds of acres of farmland. Executive members...
Kyaukme Locals Released After Three Days’ Detention by Tatmadaw Troops
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Another villager said the arrest of 16 civilians was preceded by a fatal landmine accident that killed two government troops. A military column belonging...
Conservation of Inle Lake running out of time?
When the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in June 2015 designated Inle Lake as Myanmar’s first Biosphere Reserve under the framework...
Northern Military Command Threatens Closure of SSPP/SSA Liaison Office
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A Tatmadaw official accuses the Shan armed group of demanding ‘tax payment’ from a clinic in Lashio, a claim that the SSPP/SSA denies. Accusing a...
Accused of Rebel Ties, Shan Farmers Interrogated Overnight By Tatmadaw Soldiers
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A villager said that the men were suspected of RCSS/SSA links because they were using walkie-talkies to communicate. Troops from the Burma Army arrested and...
