17 May 2012
According to Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) spokesman Maj Lao Hseng, the third round of peace talks with the Union-level Peacemaking Working Committee will take place in Kengtung on Saturday, 19 May. Main topics will include cooperation against drugs, establishment of administrative offices in Homong and Monghta sub-townships, resettlement of IDPs and release of detained SSA members. (SHAN)
Naw Kham, Mekong godfather, captured in Bokeo on 25 April, handed over to Chinese officials by Laotian authorities in Vientiane this morning.
RCSS/SSA and Naypyitaw have agreed on 11 points on peace talks
Shan ethnic arm group and Naypiytaw have signed on the 11 points agreement at the peace talks meeting in Kengtung on Saturday, according to SHAN’s sources reported from Kengtung, capital of Shan State East.
SSA leader Gen Yawd Serk travels to Kengtung for pace talks
Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, leader of SSA South, also known as the RCSS/SSA has been travelling to Kengtung,capital of Shan State East, 160 km north of Thailand’s Mae Sai to meet with the ...
Drug production and abuse come together
More people are engaged in opium production and more of them, including women and monks, are using drugs in Shan State North, according to local sources and researchers.
“On socia...
Political settlement: A win-win solution for all
No one is innocent in the war on drugs in Burma:
- The people because of their desperate need for survival
- The rebels to buy arms for the struggle against a tyrannical government
- The go...
Who’s who is the new setup
Central Committee for Union Peacemaking
Working Committee for Union Peacemaking
- The only NDSC member not included is the foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin
- The only regional commanders...
SSA: Cooperation from Burma Army essential against drugs
Without cooperation from the Burma Army, Naypyitaw’s drug eradication and suppression program will not work, according to Lt-Gen Yawd Serk, leader of the Shan State Army (SSA) So...
Looking for a different ending
Sai Hsai (not his real name), who just turned 15 last month, from a village 25 miles west of Shan State North’s Mongmit (Moemeik) township, is well known by everyone from his village and surrounding villages.
An Evening with Amnesty International (International Secretariat) Changes in Myanmar
7pm, Thursday May 24, 2012
Admission Free
This is not an FCCT-sponsored event. It is a paid function and responsibility for program content is solely that of the event organizer
An official delegation from Amnesty International is currently visiti...
UNFC reviewing ceasefire deal appropriate
By: Sai Wansai
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
News coming out during the weekend that the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), whose five members have signed ceasefire agreements with President Thein Sein’s government, is going to review its stance unl...
Weekly Diary, No.495 (7-13 May 2012)
- UNFC SETS DEADLINE FOR END TO BURMESE OFFENSIVE!
- NEW PEACEMAKERS ANNOUNCED!
- VP TIN AUNG MYINT OO RESIGNS?
- IMF POINTS TO SHADOW FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN MYANMAR!
- NEW CLASHES BETWEEN BA, SSA!
Glimpses of Mai Jayang
The following are photos taken by SHAN at Mai Jayang, controlled by Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on 5 May. There are 7 displaced persons centers with a population of over 13,000. The pictures were taken at the 10 Mile Center that has some 800 displ...
The new dickering team: Leaner but meaner?
When news came yesterday that a new peace negotiating team has been formed on 3 May under the chairmanship of Vice President # 2 Dr Sai Mawk Kham and the joint vice chairmanship of U Aung Min, U Thein Zaw and Army Commander in Chief Gen Soe Win, I re...
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There are over 31,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northern Shan State who are in desperate need of food, basic supplies and medicines. Donations for these IDPs can be made through the “Northern Shan State Relief Committee,” based inside Shan State, Burma at the following account:
| Account Name | Ms. Pim Hsengkham, Ms. Silarwan Sengmar & Mr. Sai Hla Aung |
| Account Number | 839-209990-9 |
| Bank Name | Siam Commercial Bank |
| Branch Name | Nimmanhemin Road, Chiang Mai |
| SWIFT code | SICOTHBK |
For further information, please contact Ying Harn Fah, Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) at +66 89 262 7848 or kenneri@shanwomen.org
Total receipt (2 January 2012): 1,445,016.39 baht
