Shan Parties Kick Off By-Election Campaign in Laikha
The SNDP and SNLD are competing for a vacant Lower House seat in the southern Shan State constituency. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD)...
State Counselor’s Kachin State Visit: Dwindling hope for IDPs to return home
Following the disappointment of the top leaders meeting between the government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), held in Naypyitaw from October 15 to...
Monks Urge Shan Armed Groups, Political Parties to Work for Peace
‘We want the two Shan armies to merge and become one,’ says one monk. Monks from across Shan State wrote a letter last week...
State Counsellor visits boarding school, drug rehab center, IDP camps in Kachin State
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State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to Myitkyina in Kachin State yesterday and visited a boarding school for students from the hilly...
TNLA Detainee Nang Mo Hom: ‘I Believed I Would Go Home One Day’
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The mother of three speaks to SHAN about her two months in the armed group’s custody, After nearly two months in detention and being...
Chinese Forces Block Construction of Border Market Office in Muse
Shan State locals said they were alarmed to see Chinese troops on their side of the border and to witness the public confrontation over...
NAYPYITAW SPECIAL MEETING: Three core issues still left to be ironed out
The Nationwide Ceasefire-Signatory- Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAOs) initiated top leaders meeting involving 10 from government-military and 10 from EAOs was agreed and the government...
The disagreement on whether to attend the Popa meeting, first initiated by the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement-Signatory-Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAO) but later fervently pushed by...
Family of Shan Detainee Sentenced by TNLA: ‘They Didn’t Inform Us’
Nang Mo Hom was sentenced to three years in TNLA custody for allegedly violating their criminal code. Family members of the Ta’ang National Liberation...
OBITUARY: Mon national leader Nai Ngwe Thein passed away
On the evening of October 2 Nai Ngwe Thein, the prominent Mon national leader, passed away due to his long-term illness at the age...
