Tag: Shan State
Rice Farmers Affected By Late Monsoon Season
Farmers in eastern Shan State's Kengtung Township are waiting for the rain to come to flood their fields before they can start seeding their...
Govt Tests Hundreds Of Migrant Workers For COVID-19
The government sent nearly 200 tissue samples taken from returning migrant workers from Thailand to the National Health Laboratory in Yangon. Dr Zawana, head of...
Man Killed By Gunmen In Muse
A man in Burma's northern unruly Shan State was shot and killed on his motorbike by two unidentified assailants this Wednesday (July 2). Eyewitness Ko...
COVID-19 Patient Discharged From Taunggyi Hospital
Coronavirus Case-245 was discharged on Sunday (June 28) from Sao San Htun Hospital in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State. After testing negative twice, Dr...
Govt Won’t Open Friendship Bridge In Tachilek
The Tachilek government announced the Friendship Bridge-1 connecting Burma to Thailand will remain closed. Burmese officials met with their Thai counterparts this Tuesday (June 23)...
Covid-19 Patient Discharged From Taunggyi Hospital
A man who contracted the novel coronavirus and was treated at a hospital in Shan State has recovered this week. Burma's Case 230 was discharged...
Hundreds Flee Standoff Between RCSS/SSA & TNLA
More than two hundred have fled their homes in northern Shan State after tensions simmered between ethnic armed organizations that have clashed over the...
In Kengtung, Four People Awaiting COVID-19 Test Results
Four people have been admitted to Kengtung Public Hospital with fevers and a cough. Dr Hla Htay Min, the head of the hospital, told...
SNDP Chair Foresees Success During 2020 General Election
The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) says he's confident of his party's success during the upcoming 2020 general election. “We won 58...
Shan Communities Remember Massacre Of Villagers By Tatmadaw
During a Buddhist ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the massacre of Shan civilians by the Burma Army, Shan youths offered food to monks and...
