SSPP/SSA Allows Polling Stations In Its Territories For Election
The Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) agreed to allow the Election Commission to set up polling stations in its territories...
More Than 40 Candidates Vie for Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Posts in...
A total of 43 electoral candidates have registered to contest for seven ethnic affairs ministerial posts in Shan State in November.
What Is the UPC Without the Arakan Army?
The government has issued an official announcement that the fourth round of the Union Peace Conference (UPC) will commence on August 19,...
Thousands of Shan IDPs Still Unable to Vote in 2020 Election
Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Shan State living on along the Thai border say they won’t be able to vote...
Eastern Shan State Political Party ‘Won’t Run’ in 2020
The Eastern Shan State Development Democratic Party (ESSDDP) will not be running for any seats in the 2020 election in November.
Off-Base Army Polling Stations Increases Transparency, Political Parties Say
Political parties contesting the 2020 election support new election regulations requiring members of the nation's armed forces to cast ballots at polling...
MANAGING BURMA’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Subjugation and suppression lead to secession urge...
With the ethnic conflict war of more than 72 years, a time span as old as the country's independence from the British...
Nearly One-Third Of SNLD Candidates Are Female
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced twenty-nine percent of the candidates it would field for the 2020 general election are...
GAME SPOILER OR FREEDOM FIGHTER?: AA not welcome to Naypyitaw
As expected the government refused to invite Arakan Army (AA) to the Union Peace Conference -21st Century Panglong, which will take place...
Voting Population Rises in Shan State
The electorate of Shan State will increase by nearly a third during the 2020 general elections compared to the 2015 election, the...
