Tag: myanmar
Muse Hit With Second Bomb Explosion In A Week
A second bomb exploded in the Burmese border town Muse on Tuesday at around 10 pm. A resident told SHAN that during the latest incident...
Army Commits Human Rights Abuses Against Civilians, Shan Rights Group Says
After defeating a militia group in northern Shan State, the Tatmadaw sent in reinforcement troops and used civilians as forced labour, instead of implementing...
Businesses In Eastern Shan State Struggling Under Lockdown
With the border between Burma and Thailand closed for the last two months because of the COVID-19 lockdown, businesses in eastern Shan State are...
Muse’s First COVID-19 Patient Leaves Hospital
An 87-year-old woman, who is Muse’s first COVID-19 patient, has recovered and was sent home from the hospital in the northern Shan State border...
Recovered COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Lashio Hospital
A male patient that was infected with the novel coronavirus in Shan State on March 28 has fully recovered and was sent to his...
Quarantined Workers Sent Home
Hundreds of returning workers that were doing a 21-day quarantine in eastern Shan State are on their way back to their villages. Nearly 400 people...
Namkham Farmers Throw Corn In River
Farmers in Namkham township that couldn’t export their corn to China after the border closed were forced to throw their spoiled corn into the...
Man Shot By Shan Soldiers
A Shan ethnic armed organisation (EAO) killed a man after he was caught allegedly harvesting illegal timber in eastern Shan State. Lt-Col Ohm Khur, the...
Hundreds Of Shan Workers Return Home
Hundreds of Shan migrant workers that were quarantined in Thailand for weeks are finally on their way home. A COVID-19 prevention committee established by...
Fruit Traders Angry About Border Delays
Traders are upset that their lorries carrying fruit over the border sit for days while Chinese border guards carefully inspect every vehicle, said Sai...
