Tag: myanmar
Off-Base Army Polling Stations Increases Transparency, Political Parties Say
Political parties contesting the 2020 election support new election regulations requiring members of the nation's armed forces to cast ballots at polling stations off...
Nearly One-Third Of SNLD Candidates Are Female
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) announced twenty-nine percent of the candidates it would field for the 2020 general election are women. SNLD said...
Voting Population Rises in Shan State
The electorate of Shan State will increase by nearly a third during the 2020 general elections compared to the 2015 election, the Shan State...
SSPP/SSA Will Attend 21st Century Panglong Conference If Govt Invites FPNCC
If the Burmese government invites all the member groups of an ethnic alliance bloc, the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has indicated...
Tatmadaw Soldiers Get Into Drunken Brawl, RCSS/SSA Says
Tatmadaw troops dispatched to an area in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township along the China border allegedly got into a drunken brawl with each...
Landmine Killed Child, Injures 6 Others, in Kutkai Township
A landmine explosion killed a five-year-old girl and injured five other children in Kutkai Township, located in northern Shan State. Nang Keng Kham was playing...
Civilians Fear Clashes After Tatmadaw Send Troops Near RCSS/SSA Base
Civilians fear clashes could erupt anytime after the Tatmadaw sent troops to an area controlled by the Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in northern...
PNO Ends Alliance with USDP to Contest Election
The Pa-O National Organization (PNO) ended its alliance with the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) to run on its own during the 2020...
Taunggyi COVID-19 Lab Opening Delayed Until August
The opening of a laboratory to test for the novel coronavirus in Taunggyi, capital of Shan State, has been delayed after crucial supplies didn't...
RCSS/SSA Clash With Burma Army 20 Times In Last Month
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS/SSA) blamed the Burma Army for the increase of fighting in northern Shan State. RCSS/SSA spokesperson Lt-Col Sao Oum...
