Tag: myanmar
Villagers Still Displaced by Fighting
Over one hundred villagers uprooted from their homes by fighting between armed groups in northern Shan State during the harvest period in early December...
Shan Armed Groups Attempt to Forge Understanding
Representatives of two Shan ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) fighting each other in northern Shan State spoke by telephone on December 10. Lt-Col Oum Khur, spokesperson...
Medical Staff Struggle To Keep Up With COVID-19 Outbreak
Taunggyi Township will soon not have enough medical staff to treat and test for COVID-19 if the outbreak continues in southern Shan State. The...
Displaced Farmers Want to Return Home
Farmers who were forced to flee fighting in northern Shan State in the middle of the harvest period are eager to return to their...
Thailand Frees Over 100 Prisoners from Burma
Over 100 prisoners from Burma were released to Tachileik border officials by Thailand this Tuesday, December 15. A total of 105 migrant workers, who were...
Four Villagers Wounded During Fighting
Four villagers were wounded during fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State. The...
Six Cases of COVID-19 Reported in Tachileik
By Hseng Leng /SHAN Six cases of COVID-19, including two people who returned to Burma illegally from Thailand, were reported in Tachileik on December 10. After...
Rising Cases Prompts Authorities to Reduce Tachileik Market Hours
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Responding to an uptick in transmissions in Tachileik, health authorities ordered markets and grocery stores to close after 10 a.m. daily. All...
CSOs Condemn Armed Groups for Kidnapping & Extortion
The Association for Human Rights and Justice Initiative (HRJI) and several civil society organizations (CSOs) condemned an ethnic armed organization (EAO) after it allegedly...
Fighting Uproots Hundreds in Northern Shan State
Over 250 civilians were forced from their homes after fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and several members from the Northern...
