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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)...

Military agrees to return seized lands in Laikha

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

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

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

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

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...

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