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RCSS, KNU leaders meet to discuss proposed new Panglong Conference

The leadership of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Karen National Union (KNU) met in the northern Thai city...

Clashes between TNLA and RCSS continue as talks stall

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)Β have repeatedly clashed in northern Shan...

Post election debate in Lashio a success

The Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) held the latest in a series of debates earlier this week in the northern Shan State town...

Shan rights group urges government action in sexual assault case

The Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) issued a statement last week calling on Burmese government authorities to take steps to ensure that due process...

Burma army mobilization in Kokang blocks refugee returns says report

A new report released recently by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) alleges that an ongoing mobilization of army troops in northern Shan state...

Northern Shan State’s Namtu dams project marred by controversy

A series of dams slated to be built in northern Shan State on the Namtu (Myitnge or Dokhtawaddy) River have been the subject of...

Army Reinforces Troops near SSPP/SSA’s Loi Say-Loi Leng Base

The Burma Army has dispatched reinforcements to the Loi Say-Loi Leng area in northern Shan State's Tangyan Township, where a Shan State Progress Party/Shan...

The first meeting should be JICM: Hkun Okker

In response to media reports that the State Counselor will be calling a meeting made up of ceasefire monitoring and political dialogue committees, PaO...

NCA not β€œso called”, counters signatory leader

Plainly fed up with the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), which was signed 6 months ago in Naypyitaw, as a β€œso called” by some media...

Shan State cabinet ministers yet to be announced

Shan State Chief minister, Dr Linn Htut, has indicated that his cabinet will have nine ministers, however he has yet to disclose who these...

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