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US will not pressure EAOs to sign NCA: report

The United States will not put pressure or any ethnic armed organization (EAO) that is yet sign to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), according...

Lack of telecoms disrupts services in Mong Kung, says MP

A lack of telephone signal is causing disruptions to services such as health, education and social welfare in Mong Kung Township, said Sai Seng...

Pai Khun residents demand return of land seized by Burma army

Residents in southern Shan State’s Pai Khun Township on Friday staged two rallies to demand the return of lands seized more than 20 years...

RCSS/SSA, Ta’ang move from battleground to negotiating table

Following a series of skirmishes and clashes over the past year, representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the...

‘Excluded’ militias voice support for Wa delegation

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Arakan Army (AA) released a statement on Wednesday, expressing...

Shans share views on ethnic self-rule

More than 70 proposals were presented at last week’s four-day Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, the first in a series of peace talks dubbed the...

Wa walk out 21st Century Panglong Conference

Representatives of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have left the Union Peace Conference, citing “inequality” at the forum, which kicked off yesterday. However, organizers...

Khun Tun Oo absent from peace talks

Khun Tun Oo, the chairman of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has declined to attend the Union Peace Conference, which began today...

Kokang leader throws weight behind Panglong Conference

The exiled leader of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Peng Jiasheng, released a statement last Monday, saying that the Kokang militia supported...

Ethnic groups discuss shape of a future Shan State

Representatives of 13 ethnic groups have concluded a five-day meeting in Shan State capital Taunggyi, where they discussed how a future Shan State would...

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