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 Shan State...
SSPP/SSA Will Attend 21st Century Panglong Conference If Govt Invites FPNCC
If the Burmese government invites all the member groups of an ethnic alliance bloc, the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has indicated...
PALETWA: The controversial ownership between the Chin and Arakan
Since about five years, both the Myanmar army or Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) have fought each other in Paletwa, which becomes a...
PNO Ends Alliance with USDP to Contest Election
The Pa-O National Organization (PNO) ended its alliance with the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to run on its own during the 2020...
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...
