Tag: Shan State
Matriculation Exam Rates Decline in Shan State
The Shan State Education Department announced that fewer students have passed their matriculation exams for the 2019 to 2020 academic years compared to previous...
More Than 40 Candidates Vie for Ethnic Affairs Ministerial Posts in...
A total of 43 electoral candidates have registered to contest for seven ethnic affairs ministerial posts in Shan State in November. The posts are for...
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...
Hundreds of Returning Workers from Thailand Cross Tachilek Friendship Bridge
Several hundred migrant workers returned from the Thai border town of Mae Sai this week, with many expected to return home again soon, said...
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...
Woman Shot In Namsang Township
A woman was shot and killed while she was in a private car in Namsang Township in southern Shan State. Pol-Maj Min Aung, commander of...
Clashes Between SSPP/SSA And Tatmadaw Force Villagers Flee From Homes
Villagers were forced to flee fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) in northern Shan State this Wednesday (July...
500 Kyat Notes With Gen Aung San Circulated In Northern Shan...
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...
Tatmadaw Launches Investigation Into Death And Injuries Of Civilians
A Shan politician says he refused to join an army investigation into the killing of a civilian and others wounded by Burma Army soldiers...
