Tag: Shan State
Three drivers Test Positive in Northern Shan State
Three truck drivers tested positive for COVID-19 in Burma's northern Shan State. Thaung Tun, from Garuna Social Volunteer Team, told SHAN they're being quarantined...
SNLD Campaign Car Tumbles Into Shweli River, Killing Three, Child Still...
By Hseng Leng/SHAN Three women were killed and a child is missing after a vehicle carrying Shan National League for Democracy (SNLD) election campaigners drove...
Thirty-seven COVID-19 Patients Remaining in Shan State Hospitals
By Sai Hseng Hlaing There are 37 COVID-19 patients receiving medical treatment in hospitals in Shan State, with most cases in the south, near...
Migrant Workers Cast Advance Votes in Northern Thailand
Migrant workers from Burma living in nine provinces in northern Thailand begin casting advance voting for the 2020 general election at the Myanmar Consulate...
Seven Drivers with COVID-19 Detected at Medical Checkpoints in Shan State
Seven commercial drivers tested positive for COVID-19 after hundreds were checked at medical checkpoints in Shan State. Dr Zawana Ko, deputy head of the Shan...
Drivers Test Positive for COVID-19 in Southern Shan State
Several commercial drivers with COVID-19 were detected at a health checkpoint in southern Shan last Saturday (October 3). Dr Zawana Ko, deputy head of the...
COVID-19 Halts Shan State Truck and Bus Operation for Two Weeks
After multiple drivers tested positive for the coronavirus, Shan State’s COVID-19 Control and Response Committee ordered a stop to truck and bus operations leaving...
Dr Sai Aung Tun, Burma’s Iconic Shan Historian, Dies at 88
Famous Shan historian Dr Sai Aung Tun died last Friday (September 25) in Yangon. He was 88-years-old. "Most leaders of the Shan community are his...
Tatmadaw Increases Presence in Northern Shan State
Since the beginning of September, human rights activists in Burma's northern Shan State have observed an increase of Tatmadaw troops. Military columns have been...
Border Dispute Between Thailand and Burma Unresolved
By -Sai Hseng Hlaing/SHAN Hundreds of lorries are parked in the northern Thai border town of Mae Sai, waiting to enter Tachileik, located in Burma's...
