Academic: Military pullout from politics when ‘hell freezes over’
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A Malaysian-based Burmese academic, speaking at the Chiangmai University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, on Wednesday (2 September), told his audience he didn’t think Burma’s...
KhunHtunOo: “We are not going to make a coalition with any party”
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As the November election nears, Shan State’s political parties explore and reject alliances. The leader of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced that...
No Casualties in Unexplained Bomb Blast in Lang Khur Police Station
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Explosion within a guarded police compound causes no deaths or reported injuries but raises questions among local residents A bomb exploded in Lang Khur Township...
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Patrick Meehan Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK Published online: 19 May 2015 Leaders in Naypyitaw, especially the Tatmadaw, may not...
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...
