Military agrees to return seized lands in Laikha
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A number of rural families in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township are to be given back lands that were confiscated from them by the...
Hsipaw residents demand their land back
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Some 30 local residents of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State marched through the streets on Thursday, demanding the return of lands which were...
Residents demand halt to gold mining in Mong Phyak
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Local residents in eastern Shan State’s Mong Phyak Township have called for a gold-mining company to cease operations as the work is damaging their...
Shan State regional dialogue criticized as hasty and unprepared
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Several delegates have criticized the Shan State regional-level dialogue as a hastily arranged and unprepared event. Some 400 representatives from political parties, the government, the...
Muse residents protest People’s Militia plans to tax pier users
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Some 300 local residents staged a demonstration in Muse Township on Tuesday to protest a plan by the Namkham-based Myoma People’s Militia to take...
Coal-mining companies agree to close down in Mong Kung
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The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter coal-mining companies have both agreed to halt operations at their sites following a protest by some 4,000...
Aung San Suu Kyi Should Resign
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In her March 30, 2017 State of the Union speech, Aung San Suu Kyi
said: “So, if you all think I am not good enough for...
4,000 protest coal mine in Mong Kung
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Some 4,000 people including politicians, civil servants, youths and Buddhist monks gathered together this morning in the southern Shan State town of Mong Kung...
3 civilians killed in clashes between Burmese army, TNLA
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Three civilians were shot dead in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township during armed clashes between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army...
2 shot dead, 1 injured by gunman in Mong Kung
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Two men were shot dead and another injured by unknown assailants in southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township. According to a local activist who wished...





