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300 villagers displaced as Burmese army, TNLA clash in Namtu

A series of clashes between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) have compelled some 300 villagers in Namtu Township, northern...

Coalmine companies refuse to withdraw from Mong Kung

The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter companies are continuing their coal-mining operations in Mong Kung, despite an agreement to move out of the...

10,000 Laikha residents do not have ID cards: SNLD

At least 10,000 residents in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township do not hold either identity cards or household registration documents, according to a leading...

Fighting reignites in Kokang region

Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between members...

23 landmines uncovered near Namtu temple

Twenty-three landmines have been discovered, planted near the temple compound where a blast occurred on Monday, causing serious injury to eight novice monks. “After the...

Burmese army accused of land seizure in Mong Nong

Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military. A local source who wished...

KIO leaves UNFC in a dilemma

The very existence of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic alliance has been called into question by the departure of the Kachin Independence...

Bomb blast injures 8 novice monks in Namtu

Eight young Buddhist monks were injured this morning when a landmine exploded while they were playing with it, according to a local aid worker...

RCSS/SSA listens to villagers’ opposition to Mong Kung coal mines

Representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) sat for a meeting yesterday with local residents in Mong Kung Township to...

Civilian casualties reported from Burmese army, TNLA clash

A villager was reportedly killed and three others injured as fighting broke out between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)...

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