UNFC prepares for 21CPC and other challenges
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The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) – a coalition of 12 ethnic armed groups that declined to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with...
SNLD presses for votes in Kengtung
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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...
SNLD spokesman urges voters to support ‘local party’
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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...
NLD fails in bid to close polling stations in Mong Hsu
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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,...
Mong Hsu by-election: NLD member defects to SNLD
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A high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in southern Shan State has left the party and joined the Shan Nationalities League...
Shan State Assembly want to recruit staff by themselves
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The speaker of the Shan State parliament has said that the regional government – not the central government – will recruit civil servants for...
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Members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) that are parties to last month’s “Panghsang Pact” have decided to hang on together, despite the...
SNDP leader urges voters to choose right party
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Sai Ai Pao, chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP), has urged voters to choose carefully when they make their selection at the...
Shan National Conference blocked by Tatmadaw
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Burma’s military has intervened in plans for Shan National Conference (SNC), insisting that state capital Taunggyi cannot be used as a venue for the...
Ethnic politicians call for guarantees ahead of NCA signing
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Several ethnic politicians have voiced the opinion that the Burmese government must offer greater guarantees if ethnic armed groups are to sign the nationwide...





