Shan-based parties form coalition
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Thirteen ethnic political parties based in Shan State last Thursday formed a new alliance aimed at promoting Shan State unity, according to Sai Ai...
SNDP ‘will win’ 2017 by-election, says Sai Ai Pao
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The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) will win next April’s by-elections in Shan State, according to party chairman Sai Ai Pao. “We will contest the...
‘Ethnic people will not be cheated again’: SSPP/SSA patron
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Ethnic people will not tolerate being cheated again, and they must see the signs of a true federal union before the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
Thousands of Red Shans demand self-rule
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Thousands of ethnic Red Shan people have marched to demand the creation of a new autonomous state. According to Naing Naing Kyaw, the leader of...
SNLD to contest all seats in April by-elections
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The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) has said that it will contest all vacant seats in Shan State in the by-election scheduled for...
Burmese military has broken ceasefire accord, says RCSS/SSA
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One of the eight ethnic armed groups that is a signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) has accused the government of breaking the...
US will not pressure EAOs to sign NCA: report
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The United States will not put pressure or any ethnic armed organization (EAO) that is yet sign to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), according...
Lack of telecoms disrupts services in Mong Kung, says MP
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A lack of telephone signal is causing disruptions to services such as health, education and social welfare in Mong Kung Township, said Sai Seng...
Pai Khun residents demand return of land seized by Burma army
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Residents in southern Shan State’s Pai Khun Township on Friday staged two rallies to demand the return of lands seized more than 20 years...
RCSS/SSA, Ta’ang move from battleground to negotiating table
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Following a series of skirmishes and clashes over the past year, representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the...