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SNLD declines NLD offer of Ethnic Affairs post

The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the fourth largest party in the national parliament, has said that it rejected an offer from the...

Sai Ai Pao re-elected as White Tiger Party Chairman

Sai Ai Pao has been re-elected a second term to serve as chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) on Sunday. A 69-year-old Sai...

Burma Government Names Mong Woon Residents Burmese Nationality

The Department of Population, Ministry of Immigration and Population (DoP) announced last Friday, 11 March, that the ethnic people residing in Mong Woon village...

NLD MP Tipped to Become Shan State Chief Minister

The National League for Democracy’s (NLD’s) Dr Linn Htut, who represents Lashio in the Shan State Hluttaw (parliament), is favourite to become the Shan...

Sai Mauk Kham Nominated as Vice Presidential Candidate

Sai Mauk Kham, the current vice president of the Union of Burma, has been nominated as a vice presidential candidate on Thursday. Dr. Sai Mauk...

Shan unity meeting ends early after officials intervene

The third annual meeting of the Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) ended abruptly yesterday after only the first day of a planned three...

Shan Leaders Discuss Peace Process Under New Government

Representatives from the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) met on Thursday to discuss working with the new government on the peace process. Puen Kham,...

Casualties reported after clashes between TNLA and RCSS/SSA

At least seven soldiers from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) are reported to...

SNLD call for assistance for displaced in Kyaukme

Speaking before the Shan State Hluttaw (parliament) on Thursday MPs from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) called  for assistance to be given...

RCSS will not be ‘in the way of the Tamadaw operations’

Meeting with retired general Khin Zaw Oo yesterday at Chiangmai’s Sheik Istana Hotel, Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, the leader of the Restoration Council of Shan...

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