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Pre-Panglong high level meeting with EAOs in the offing

In response to the 8 signatory ethnic armed organization (EAO)s’ formal request on 11 August, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will soon...

Family opposes turning Yawnghwe Palace into marketplace

Sao Haymar Thaike, the daughter of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaike, has spoken out against a plan to convert Yawnghwe Palace compound into...

NLD, SNLD object to new Shan State govt building

Burma’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) have objected to a plan to construct a new...

New Panglong will be about “opening” not “substance”: EAO leaders

According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the government today...

Our participation at Panglong depends on Suu Kyi: TNLA

The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) will depend on...

Unknown armed group arrest over 20 drug users in Namtu Township

An armed group clad in civilian clothes arrested over 20 drug users in Manjarm village tract in Namtu Township of northern Shan State last...

Burmese soldiers admit in court to killing Mong Yaw men

Seven Burmese soldiers were brought to a military court in Lashio on Tuesday in a landmark case, which has received national and international attention....

Laid-off Shan workers finally get compensated

Some seven months after being laid off by the Perfetto Limited Partnership Company in northern Thailand, 100 Burmese migrant workers have finally received some compensation, although...

New bridge slated for Mandalay-Muse highway

A new concrete bridge will be built on the Mandalay-Muse Highway, the main route for border trade through Shan State to China, according to...

Burmese govt vows action against drug traffickers

Burma’s government has pledged to take strong action against drug producers and traffickers across the country. Speaking to Shan Herald following Tuesday’s Upper House of...

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