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August 23, 2017
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August 23, 2017
Renewed fighting broke out in Southern Shan State’s Mine Shu/Mong Shu township on August 22, reportedly leading to casualties on both sides and...
August 22, 2017
Hundreds of Shan State residents took to the streets on August 20 to protest a private garbage collection company which they claim has been...
August 22, 2017
Peace negotiators seem unfazed by the Shan State Progress Party’s decision to resign from an ethnic umbrella organization in a move perceived by...
Tatmadaw soldiers are seen in the Taung Pauk area. (Photo – Facebook)
August 22, 2017
<p>A Tatmadaw column is still present in territory controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) even after a request that the troops be...
August 22, 2017
<p>Two major alliances of ethnic armed groups are set to meet in Pangkham, the headquarters of the United Wa State Army, this week, according...
August 22, 2017
<p>A company soliciting public backing for its rock quarry project received instead a deluge of fury and objections during a consultation held...
Bangladeshi coast guard watches as a fishing boat passes by in Teknef. Photo: AFP
August 22, 2017
Bangladesh coastguards on 19 August turned back a boat carrying 31 Rohingya Muslim refugees escaping renewed army activity in their neighbouring...
August 22, 2017
Officials from Shan State met with locals in four townships last week to promote awareness about the peace process and related issues, but the last-...
August 21, 2017
<p>Another ethnic armed organization has resigned from the United Nationalities Federal Council &ndash; an ethnic umbrella organization...
August 21, 2017
<p>Fighting will not end until the Tatmadaw changes its attitude, an official from the Ta&rsquo;ang National Liberation Army said over the...
August 21, 2017
<p>A coalition of ethnic armed groups that has rejected the current ceasefire-centred peace path met at the United Wa State Army&rsquo;s...