Six newly elected MPs – four representing the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), one from the National League for Democracy (NLD), and one...

The right of secession from the Union of Myanmar and the drafting of constitutions for individual states and regions were the stumbling blocks at...

Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between members...

The very existence of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic alliance has been called into question by the departure of the Kachin Independence...

Several delegates have criticized the Shan State regional-level dialogue as a hastily arranged and unprepared event. Some 400 representatives from political parties, the government, the...

In her March 30, 2017 State of the Union speech, Aung San Suu Kyi said: “So, if you all think I am not good enough for...

The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) – a coalition of 12 ethnic armed groups that declined to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with...

In a last-ditch effort to whip votes before the April 1 by-election, members of a Shan political party met with residents in Kengtung Township on March 27...

Sai Leik, the spokesperson for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), today urged voters going to the polls in by-elections on Saturday to...

A request by the National League for Democracy (NLD) to cancel by-election voting at three polling stations in Mong Hsu Township, southern Shan State,...