Sao Yawd Serk sees CSSU as vehicle for Shan unity
On Monday in his “Mair Huk Hpomp Swy” Shan video podcast, meaning “remold, love, unite, help” program from Taifreedom, RCSS leader Sao Yawd Serk...
SNDP Optimistic About 2020 Electoral Outcomes
The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) has said that he anticipates his party winning the majority of local seats in Shan...
Government’s deception of Panglong Agreement prolongs ethnic armed conflict
Saw Than Myint Vice-Chairman of Federal Union Party (FUP) said quite bluntly in an interview with Akon Thi news recently that the ethnic people...
SNLD Selects Candidates To Contest General Election
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) selected candidates in townships across Shan State last Sunday (July 12) to contest the 2020 general election. SNLD...
SNLD: Burma Army Should Prosecute Its Own Perpetrators of Violence, Not Protesters
The Burma Army should take legal action against perpetrators of violence against civilians rather than prosecuting organizers of a protest against this violence, the...
Shan Political Parties Criticize Election Approach Amid COVID-19 Pandemic as ‘Unfair’
Shan political parties have reported a range of challenges surrounding Burma’s 2020 election, which is set to occur amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On July...
Volatile stand-off between UWSA, Mong La and Burma Army along China border
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Tensions are high between the Burma Army, the United State Wa Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army/Eastern Shan State (NDAA/ESS), also known...
SNDP Chair: People Over Age 70 ‘Do Not Need to Run’ In the 2020 Election
Burma’s general election is expected to take place across in the country in November, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. SHAN interviewed Sai Aik Pao, chair...
SNDP Chair Foresees Success During 2020 General Election
The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) says he's confident of his party's success during the upcoming 2020 general election. “We won 58...
Commemoration of 23rd Shan Human Rights Day
It is fitting yet heartbreaking to designate and commemorate June 16 as Shan Human Rights Day which coincide with the massacre of 56 Shan...
