By Hseng Leng/SHAN Eight people, including six medical staff, have been placed in quarantine after coming into contact with a man who tested positive for...

Migrant workers from Burma living in nine provinces in northern Thailand begin casting advance voting for the 2020 general election at the Myanmar Consulate...

A police officer from Burma’s anti-narcotic department was shot dead in Hsipaw town, located in northern Shan state, this Monday (September 28).  According to an...

A laboratory for testing the coronavirus finally opened in Taunggyi, located in southern Shan State. Dr Thuza Chit Tin, head of the state health department,...

Allegations of extortion by police have been lodged by travelers passing through a checkpoint in northern Shan State's Mong Yai Township. The officers have...

New five-hundred kyat (US 36 cents) currency notes depicting Gen Aung San have been spotted in Lashio, located in northern Shan State.  The late Aung...

Some Lashio residents are furious after the name of a market was changed from a Shan name to a Burmese one.  The Lashio Municipal Committee...

Four people have been admitted to Kengtung Public Hospital with fevers and a cough. Dr Hla Htay Min, the head of the hospital, told...

A new laboratory to test for coronavirus in Taunggyi is expected to be operational by mid-July. Dr Poe Poe Lin, a disease specialist, said once...

Burma plans to expand its COVID-19 testing facilities by building two additional laboratories in Shan State. Dr Myo Tun, the Shan State social minister, informed...