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CSSU Chairman Urges Shan Army Leaders to Unify

Amid clashes between Shan armed groups, the coalition head calls on the organizations to cooperate. Chairman of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU)...

THINK PIECE: An unjust peace is better than a just war

With the Union Peace Conference - 21st Century Panglong scheduled to be held on July 11, 2018, it is high time that all stakeholders...

The menace of landmine fatalities in Myanmar

A short piece of news from Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) concerning the landmine fatalities in Kachin and Shan States, which have the...

WAR IN MYANMAR’S ETHNIC STATES: Is military solution the way to peace and reconciliation?

As the peace movement gains momentum the war in ethnic states are also intensifying threatening to push the country back to square one and...

ARMED CLASHES IN PAPUN DISTRICT: An end to peaceful negotiation?

When clashes broke out between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), and the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) ...

MYANMAR’S ETHNIC CONFLICT: Military playing hardball to derail peace negotiation process?

During the Water Festival – Sarngkyan in Shan, Thingyan in Burmese, and Songkran in Thai - quite a lot has happened. The war in...

Renewed fighting erupts between Burma Army and SSPP/SSA in Mong Hsu

The Burmese armed forces clashed yesterday with troops from the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in southern Shan State’s Mong Hsu Township. “The...

RCSS/SSA to return detained soldier to Tatmadaw

The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says it will return a Burmese soldier who was apprehended earlier this week during a...

Namhsan villagers flee as clashes continue between TNLA and Burmese army

More than 200 civilians in northern Shan State’s Namhsan Township fled their homes this week due to ongoing hostilities between Burma’s armed forces and...

Civilians flee as clashes between RCSS/SSA and TNLA continue

Hundreds of villagers in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township have reportedly fled their homes due to ongoing armed clashes between the Restoration Council of...

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