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The fleeing residents who have arrived in Namtu
July 6, 2017
Following fresh clashes in northern Shan State, around 300 villagers have fled to Namtu township to take shelter at a monastery, according to a group...
Driven out of their homes by fear of nearby fighting, IDPs from Namhsan township take shelter at the Sasana 2500 Monastery in Lashio. (Photo – Lashio Thar)
July 4, 2017
Donations are badly needed to help support over 300 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Lashio, northern Shan State, according to politicians and...
July 1, 2017
<p>At least two villagers were killed by shelling and another 300 fled their homes amid fighting between Burmese armed forces and the Ta&...
June 27, 2017
Two ethnic Shan armies, the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA...
June 25, 2017
<p>Residents of Muse Township in Shan State have objected to Myoma People&rsquo;s Militia building a tollbooth at their local pier.</p...
June 25, 2017
Residents of Muse Township in Shan State have objected to Myoma People’s Militia building a tollbooth at their local pier.
June 15, 2017
Harn Yawnghwe, a son of Burma’s first president Sao Shwe Thaike, has been blacklisted by the National League for Democracy (NLD) government led by...
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker U Win Myint met with Shan State Hluttaw MPs on June 10 in Taunggyi.
June 14, 2017
<p>June 13, by Yain Tai</p> <p>A Shan politician is questioning why the National League for Democracy has fallen silent on...
Namtu Township Committee for Assisting Refugees helps displaced families from Hsaik Hkawng Village Group to return home. (Photo – Sai Ba Nyan)
June 2, 2017
Over 100 families from Namtu township returned to their village on May 30 after they fled an outbreak of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Ta’ang...
May 30, 2017
One of the groups involved in inter-ethnic hostilities in Shan State has indicated a willingness to start negotiating a resolution.
May 30, 2017
The United Wa State Army (UWSA), an ethnic armed group that operates essentially its own fiefdom on the border with China, last week reiterated its...
May 27, 2017
Under a federal Union, what would happen to all of the many armed groups in Myanmar? According to the Tatmadaw, they would all be disband as there...