Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) has defended itself against attacks by the Burma Army, despite being a signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald For News Agency (S.H.A.N.) / BNI Online | November 5, 2018 People from multiple villages fled to a monastery following clashes between the RCSS/SSA and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 26, 2018 YANGON—Nearly 750 residents of Mong Yin village in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township have fled fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army South and a joint [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 18, 2018 The PNLO’s Col Khun Okkar says that the fighting occurred because of a lack of communication channels, describing it as ‘attacking and defending.’ Fighting occurred between the Restoration Council [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 15, 2018 Chaos reigned in northern Shan State in September. A Burma Army commander threatened to kill everyone in Na Leng Village, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and its armed wing, [...]
Lahu Women’s Organization / Pa-O Women’s Union/ Shan Women’s Action Network / Ta’ang Women’s Organization | October 10, 2018 The Lahu Women’s Organization, the Pa-O Women’s Union, the Shan Women’s Action Network and the Ta’ang Women’s Organization are very concerned about the [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 4, 2018 Burma Army use of drones for the first time near Loi Lam IDP camp on the northern Chiang Mai border, and near-completion of a new strategic road from Mong Hta [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 21, 2018 The men, who range in age from 19 to 23, were working on the Shan-China border to earn money for their school fees and to [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 12, 2018 ‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | September 7, 2018 The 10 armed ethnic groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) need a united stand on building a federal union to move the peace process forward, Saw [...]