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December 23, 2025
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December 19, 2025
Junta, PNO torch Pekon Township village
Photo – RCSS/ PC
January 15, 2019
RCSS, Peace Commission Hold Informal Meeting in Chiang Mai
The delegates mainly discussed issues on which they are deadlocked, a source said. Members of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the...
Photo by – SSPP Info
January 15, 2019
Chinese Diplomats Meet Northern Alliance Members
H.E. Sun Guoxiang met with the SSPP, NDAA, KIO and UWSA on the Burma-China border. China’s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang and a team of...
Op-ed
January 14, 2019
CSSU chairman deliberation to end two Shan armies fighting
As the Arakan conflict erupted with vengeance between the government security forces in the west on January 4 and is now still ongoing, creating some...
Photo Credit to: scmp.com
January 14, 2019
Concerns Arise as China-Backed Railroad Commences in Shan State
Locals say they are worried about land grabs as the ground survey begins for the Mandalay-Muse railway line. A Chinese company has started the ground...
January 14, 2019
Thousands Sign Petition Urging RCSS, SSPP to End Clashes
Members of the Shan community sent the letter to armed groups, urging them to meet for talks. More than 4,000 ethnic Shan people have signed a...
Photo by – Lun Sai/ Refugee in Namtu
January 14, 2019
With Dangers at Home, Northern Shan State Youth Increasingly Seek Work in...
Citing clashes, tension between armed groups, and the presence of landmines, young people from Namtu Township are becoming laborers in China. Locals...
Photo by – Langkhur Youth/ Mongpan refugee
January 14, 2019
‘We Left Because of Fear’: Mongpan IDP Speaks
A villager describes being caught in the tension between armed groups in southern Shan State, and seeking refuge elsewhere before fighting reignites...
January 11, 2019
Two Children Die From Diphtheria in Shan State
An estimated 15 have been affected by the highly contagious—and preventable—disease. Diphtheria has claimed two children and affected an estimated 15...
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January 9, 2019
Dozens Flee Mong Pan as Tension Builds Between PNLO, RCSS
Villagers walked for up to three days to safety in neighboring Langkhur. Around 70 villagers from the Loi Pangpi mountain range in southern Shan...
Photo by – A Hsipaw villager
January 9, 2019
More Than 1,000 People Flee Homes, Citing Military Tension Between Shan...
Afraid of further clashes, the displaced are seeking shelter in Hsipaw Township monasteries. As tension persists between ethnic Shan armed...
Op-ed
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
January 9, 2019
ARAKAN CONFLICT: The Arakan Army assertiveness or an act of self-defense?
The January 4 deadly early morning raids of the four police outposts by the Arakan Army (AA) that inflicted heavy causality to the police forces,...
Op-ed
January 8, 2019
Tatmadaw’s repatriation of Kachin IDPs another good will gesture?
Just as the the Military or Tatmadaw’s peace initiative in the form of unilateral ceasefire covering five military commands seems to be going down...