Hsihseng Authorities Halt Creation of Highland Farms After Local Opposition
The authorities in the Pa-O Self-Administered Region of Hsihseng Township in southern Shan State have stopped a plan to clear trees from mountains for...
KIA Offers Compensation to Families Following Killing of Shanni Students
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has given compensation to the parents of two ethnic Shanni students who were killed by KIA soldiers earlier this...
Hsipaw IDPs Return Home Fearing Further Clashes Between Tatmadaw and SSPP
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township returned to their homes on Friday evening after fleeing clashes between the Burma Army...
RCSS/SSA Clash With Burma Army 20 Times In Last Month
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) blamed the Burma Army for the increase of fighting in northern Shan State. RCSS/SSA spokesperson Lt-Col Sao Oum...
Woman Shot In Namsang Township
A woman was shot and killed while she was in a private car in Namsang Township in southern Shan State. Pol-Maj Min Aung, commander of...
Clashes Between SSPP/SSA And Tatmadaw Force Villagers Flee From Homes
Villagers were forced to flee fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in northern Shan State this Wednesday (July...
500 Kyat Notes With Gen Aung San Circulated In Northern Shan State
New five-hundred kyat (US 36 cents) currency notes depicting Gen Aung San have been spotted in Lashio, located in northern Shan State. The late Aung...
Hsihseng Authorities’ Land Compensation Scheme Could Create Interethnic Conflict, Farmers Say
Farmers in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township say that if a plan goes ahead to distribute highland farms to locals, the authorities risk fomenting...
Don’t Compensate Us With Deforested Land, Say Hsihseng Farmers
Locals are opposing an offer put forward by the Hsihseng administration in southern Shan State to compensate them for farmland seized by the military...
Fearing More Clashes, Villagers Seek Refuge in Kyaukme Monastery
Locals from eight villages are staying in a monastery in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State saying that they fear that the Burma Army will...