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More than a hundred Chinese made military trucks were reported to have arrived in Muse, a bustling border trade town between China and Burma since Sunday, raising question whether they will be used in the war against Kachin Independence Army (KIA), accord...
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Some Chinese security officers, who were reportedly present at a meeting between Burma Army and Chinese officers last weekend over Kachin Independence Army (KIA) issue, denied giving permission to the Burmese Army to launch military operations against KIA...
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U Ye Myint, 70, who had organized the Berlin Conference on Burma in 1993, when Mon, Shan, Karen and Arakanese representatives, among others, participated, passed away on Friday, 24 June.
He had been suffering from intestinal cancer for 3 years, according...
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The United Wa State Army (UWSA), considered the strongest armed group in Burma, and dubbed a terrorist organization with connections to drug trafficking by the United States, says it is a difficult task for a small group as itself to totally defeat the dr...
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A key bridge of the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’, Ta Pha Hsawng crossing of Lawng river, a tributary of the Pang, between 3 townships: Kehsi, Mongyai and Hsipaw, was burnt down by the Burma Army troops who attacked the SSA there on 21 June, according...
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The price of raw opium has gone up to 45,000 baht ($1,500) per viss (1.6 kg) and is likely to go up as much as 50,000 baht ($1,600) by the end of the month due to increased demand, according to sources coming across the border.
“This is twice as much a...
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The number of poppy fields has increased in every part of Shan State in the 2010-2011season, resulting in increasing output of opium. The reasons for these increases range from more preferable weather conditions, to less restriction by local authorities, ...
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Book review
In Search of Chin identity: A Study in Religion, Politics and Ethnic Identity in Burma
Author: Dr Lian H. Sakhong
Publishing House: NIAS ...
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As general elections in Thailand on 3 July draw near, SHAN is finding Shan activist movements both inside and on the border of the kingdom reluctant to comment about what will happen after the opposition Pheu Thai, short of miracle, becomes the ruling par...
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Lahpai Naw Din, editor of the Kachin News Group (KNG), told the Thai media yesterday current fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army on the Sino-Burma border should be a cause of concern for Thailand, despite a distance of some ...
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Gunfire was exchanged between the Shan State Army and the Burma Army this morning as soon as reinforcement of the Burma Army troops arrived near SSA controlled territory this week, according to local and SSA sources...
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Latest information today says about 5 battalions of Burma Army troops were sent to Wanhai, new headquarters of Shan State Army (SSA), the armed wing of Shan State Progress Party that refused to transform into Naypyitaw’s Border Guard Force (BGF) program...
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The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) yesterday was attacked by the Burma Army with its MA-10 mortars forcing the SSA to retreat from its base, according to local sources.
The Burma Army reportedly fired dozens of shells on the Kawng S...
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The 3-day 6th Congress of Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) held on the Thai-Burmese border, 9-11 June, ended with a resolution to struggle on in cooperation with other alliances especially the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) formed in Februa...
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After an attempt to transport small arms hidden in a box on June 6, 2011, security has tightened significantly in Northern Shan State (Nam Oon Gate) which is ten miles from Hsenwi town. Twenty-eight pistols were found hidden in a box....
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Illegal trade is booming on the southern Shan State motorcade trade route through Mae Hong Son, a northern province in Thailand. Since the beginning of the New Year, hundreds of new and used cars have been transported from Mae Hong Son, to Taunggyi, Burma...
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Three villagers, a father and two sons from Kali sub-township, Kunhing Township, Shan State South, where military junta are expanding the newly installed ‘Middle East’ regional command, were shot by a Burma Army patrol on Monday night, killing the fat...
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The wiry Manchurian must have been thinking about the Japanese officer who had adopted the Burmese name “Moejo” meaning ‘Thunder’ while working with the young Burmese activists (later to be known as the Thirty Comrades) fighting for Independence, ...
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Tha Tun Mya, 73, one of the 23 MPs of defunct Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the second largest winning party in 1990 elections, passed away yesterday at Nakornping Hospital of Northern Thailand’s Chiangmai province, with ki...
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Once again, the Burma Army, unable to beat the rebels above the belt, has played its ace in the hole: chemical weapons (CWs)
On 3 June, unable to dislodge the Shan State Army (SSA) North from its stronghold in Tangyan, 4 shells were launched by its MA-7 ...
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