Burma Army Detains Civilians in Shan State
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Seven villagers in Kunhing Township were detained for more than a day after renewed fighting between the Burma Army and the RCSS/SSA. On the morning...
“It was like an earthquake” – Photographing the Aftermath of Shan State’s Floods
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Weeks after flash flooding destroyed homes and farmland, villagers in eastern Shan State find themselves struggling to rebuild amidst the debris. PHOTOS BY SAI MYO...
Burmese consul: Opening of new border crossings will come after NCA signing
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Speaking to business, academic and administrative representatives from 4 northern provinces on Saturday, 22 August, the head of the newly established consulate general of...
Over 23,000 Shan State Residents Join Campaign Against Salween Dams
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Shan group presents Australian consulting firm with signatures of residents opposed to southern Shan State’s controversial Mong Ton hydropower project. Today Shan community representatives revealed...
Ethnic summit reaffirms conciliatory all-inclusive signing
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The 4 day summit of the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) in Chiangmai which ended yesterday had reaffirmed its stand on the principle of all-inclusiveness,...
Drugs in Burma: ‘like gelded chickens’
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One of the Shan townspeople met by the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) delegation that spent a month-long tour inside Shan...
RCSS vows not to support any parties
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The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) representatives meeting the people in more than half of the townships in Shan State told...
Chiangmai to hold seminar on opening new border checkpoints
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A seminar will be held at Chiangmai’s Uniserv Hotel tomorrow to discuss the opening of a new border checkpoint between Chiangmai and Burma’s Shan...
Naypyitaw urges Wa to sign NCA
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Government negotiator U Aung Min recently exhorted representatives from the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) at a meeting held in Rangoon to sign the...
TNI: Kokang- why and how to resolve it
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The briefing paper, which is 22 pages plus 6 more pages of endnotes, released by Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute (TNI) last month, has given us...
