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IDPs Call On Shan Armed Groups to Hold Talks ‘As Soon As Possible’

Displaced people are concerned that if they cannot go home soon, they will be unable to harvest their crops. Internally displaced people (IDPs) in...

Leaders from Mongla, UWSA Meet on ‘New Year’s Greeting Tour’

‘Mongla and Wa will continue to work hand in hand,’ said a Mongla officer, on the groups’ 30-year alliance. A delegation from Mongla’s Special Region...

Is the armed conflict in Arakan State a civil war?

Very recently, the Tatmadaw’s information team warned the media and newsmen against using the term ‘civil war’ to refer to country’s domestic conflicts. At...

SNLD Calls for Investigation Into NLD Conduct in Mandalay By-Election

The SNLD has asked the UEC to look into the process by which the Shan affairs minister for the region was elected. The Shan...

RCSS Spokesperson: ‘Major Deadlocks Cannot Be Solved in a Short Time’

SHAN spoke with the RCSS/SSA’s Col Sai Nguen about the informal talks with the Peace Commission, and about the current political deadlock.  The Restoration...

RCSS, Peace Commission Hold Informal Meeting in Chiang Mai

The delegates mainly discussed issues on which they are deadlocked, a source said. Members of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the...

Chinese Diplomats Meet Northern Alliance Members

H.E. Sun Guoxiang met with the SSPP, NDAA, KIO and UWSA on the Burma-China border. China’s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang and a...

CSSU chairman deliberation to end two Shan armies fighting

  As the Arakan conflict erupted with vengeance between the government security forces in the west on January 4 and is now still ongoing, creating...

ARAKAN CONFLICT: The Arakan Army assertiveness or an act of self-defense?

The January 4 deadly early morning raids of the four police outposts by the Arakan Army (AA) that inflicted heavy causality to the police...

Shan Armed Groups Urged To Meet

Rival Shan groups pressed to resolve issues to end fighting in northern Shan Shan. The Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) requested for rival Shan...

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