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Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’’s core base Namlao in Shan State North’s Tangyan township, the gateway to its ally the United Wa State Army (UWSA), was seized by the Burma Army yesterday after heavy fighting between the two sides for almost half a d...
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A two-day quarterly meeting of the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) at an undisclosed venue along the Thai-Burma border which concluded yesterday had welcomed last month’s formation of another ethnic alliance, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNF...
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Hundreds of households located in valleys and jungles in Shan State South’s Kunhing township, where the military junta is extending its new regional command ‘Middle East’, were given a tall order by their local authorities, to relocate to areas near...
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Clashes between Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ and Burma Army troops were reported yesterday twice in the area of Shan State South’s Monghsu township, according to local sources.The first attack took place at around 18:30 (local time) yesterday and t...
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More than a thousand of ethnic Palaung youth in Shan State North’s Namhsan and Mantong townships have reportedly been migrating to border areas of Sino-China each week in order to look for jobs and better lives, according to sources from the Sino-Burma ...
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Sai Sai, head of the Shan Sapawa environmental group and leading member of Burma Rivers Network (BRN), told SHAN today completion of the 7 mega dams on the Salween would strangle the struggle of the resistance armed movements fighting for self-rule.
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Naypyitaw, despite its growing tension with the armed groups that had concluded ceasefire pacts with it, still appears to be giving them a chance to negotiate, according to reports coming from Burma.
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its southern ally ...
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The military junta is reportedly preparing to set up armored base in the area under Military Operation Command (MOC) #2, Shan State South, where it is facing Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’’s First Brigade, one of the groups that are opposed to its bo...
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About 200 households in Shan State South’s Namzang Township, 140 miles east of the Shan State capital Taunggyi, were ordered to relocate following the establishing of a new regional command, the Middle East.“We were told to move to Kholam within 15 da...
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Lt-Gen Yawdserk, leader of the non-ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA), popularly known as the SSA South, defended his 28 February-1 March attack on 3 bases of the PaO National Organization (PNO), that had converted into a junta-run militia force, by saying t...
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The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), formed last month, has been embarking on an ambitious plan to set up a Union Army to be made up of armed forces from its 12-member organizations, according to inside sources.
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The number of checkpoints between Kengtung and Tachilek in Shan State East, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sai, has more than tripled and the gate fee has also doubled, according to bus drivers.“There were only about four or five gates before. Now there are ...
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Launch of report on 2010 elections at FCCT on 8 March Burma News International (BNI), the coalition of 11 exile Burma news groups, have released today the 135 page report on the November elections.“The book is extremely readable,” says Khuensai Jaiye...
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The military junta’s deployment to ethnic states is still going on, particularly in the areas of groups opposed to the Border Guard Force program: Shan State Army (SSA) and Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s controlled territories despite its ongoing pa...
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