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Hundreds of IDPs in Need of Food, Shelter in Kyaukme

By SAI HSENG LENG More than 700 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are have sought refuge in a monastery and a village in Kyaukme...

Clashes Continue Between Burma Army and RCSS in Kyaukme

Clashes have continued between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township this week. According to...

Civilian Injured By Shrapnel, Hundreds Displaced By Clashes Between Tatmadaw and RCSS/SSA

By Sai Hseng Hlaing A civilian was injured and more than 700 people displaced by fighting in Kyaukme Township in northern Shan State after the...

Burma Army Fires Weapons Into RCSS Territory in Kyaukme

Two Burmese military columns fired both small and heavy weaponry into Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) territory in Kyaukme Township in northern Shan...

Tatmadaw Increases Presence in Northern Shan State

Since the beginning of September, human rights activists in Burma's northern Shan State have observed an increase of Tatmadaw troops. Military columns have been...

RCSS/SSA Worried About Pre-Election Clashes

The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) is concerned fighting might break out with the Burma Army after many troops have been...

Shan Armies Describe Being on the Outside of Electoral Process

by-Sai Pawnli With Burma’s November general election nearing, it remains unclear how or if the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State...

Nearly 300 People Displaced by Fighting Between Burma Army, KIA in Muse

More than 280 people fled their homes after clashes broke out between the Burma Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in the Mongpaw region...

Artillery Fire Alarms Mongpaw Locals

Locals reported hearing artillery being fired in the Mongpaw area of Muse District on Friday afternoon. Ester, who lives in Mongpaw, said that she heard...

Army Chief Wants Shan Armies To Stay At Headquarters

Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of defense services, wants the two most powerful Shan ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to remain close...

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