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Burma Army Arrests Eastern Shan State Villagers Following Clashes With RCSS

By YING YING / SHAN A village headman and his son were arrested by the Burma Army after government forces clashed with the Restoration...

Burma Army, RCSS Clash After Meeting to Prevent Fighting 

Troops from the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought in eastern Shan State’s Mongton Township on Wednesday morning, just...

GOVERNMENT’S IDP REPATRIATION PLAN: Angst of coercive return without restitution

Very recently, on March 14, a video podcast was uploaded on Facebook by a NGO group “Land in Our Hands”  with the title of...

Fatalities Reported in Clashes Between TNLA, Pansay Militia 

Two people are dead following fighting in up to five locations in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)...

Gov’t Offers Villagers Pittance After Tatmadaw Loots Homes 

The Shan State government agreed to pay villagers who fled fighting in Mong Kung township but they say it’s not enough to cover the...

Village Looted After Residents Fled Fighting 

Soldiers looted almost all the homes in a village in southern Shan State after fighting between the Burma Army, locally called Tatmadaw, and the...

Burma Army Enforces Strict Checkpoints on Northern Shan State Highway 

Burma Army troops have been checking all vehicles traveling on the Lashio-Hsipaw highway in northern Shan State since Friday, local sources told SHAN.  Previous checkpoints...

Mong Kung IDPs Return Home 

Some internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State, have returned to their homes after being forced to flee by fighting...

Burma Army, RCSS Clash Nearly 20 Times—After Peace Meeting 

Some 18 clashes have broken out between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Mong Kung Township in southern...

Burma Army Soldiers Block Shan IDPs’ Return Home 

Tatmadaw soldiers have stopped internally displaced persons (IDPs) from returning to their homes in Mong Kung following a series of clashes between government forces...

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