Recent award given to a detained Shan leader indicates that ethnic leaders are not forgotten and their dedication and their work are not also in vain, according to Harn Yawnghwe, Director of the Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO) and Advisor to the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC).

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• Published: 2008-12-11

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Launching his book, a compilation of 29 articles yesterday in Chiangmai, a rebel-turned-journalist conceded that there were more questions than answers.

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• Published: 2008-12-11

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The 8 had surrendered to the Burma Army at a ceremony on 23 November, more than 2 weeks ago, but the junta media has been curiously silent about the whole affair, according to sources on the Thai-Burma border.

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• Published: 2008-12-09

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No walls are being built on the border between Wa and China even though Chinese authorities have begun constructing walls on the north-eastern Burma border, in areas under the control of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), according to sources from Panghsang, capital of the Shan State’s Wa Self Administered Region.

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• Published: 2008-12-09

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Military exercises recently launched by the Wa accompanied by mortar shellings and gunfire have put the Thai border forces on the alert, according to a Thai security officer.

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• Published: 2008-12-09

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The junta’s plan to build railroad between Kengtung, eastern Shan State and Namzang, southern Shan State, has shaken villagers in Kengtung who are afraid their farms will be confiscated and they will be subjected to forced labor for the construction, according to sources.

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• Published: 2008-12-08

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Shan community in Chiangmai led by the Workers Solidarity Association (WSA) offered blood in dedication to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 81st birthday which falls today, at the Provincial Red Cross Chapter this morning.

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• Published: 2008-12-05

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Newly arrived refugees have been denied full welfare assistance by Centrelink - despite government legislative programs which outline assistance for refugees (under Social Security Act 1991, Activity Test Exemption - Special Circumstances for being refugees).

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• Published: 2008-12-05

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A 5-day manhunt in Panghsang, the capital of the Wa region, Shan State, 21-25 November, had netted 138 petty pushers and users, according to reports coming to the border.

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• Published: 2008-12-05

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Ethnic ceasefire leaders say they are disappointed with “blanket rejection” by Burma experts about the ruling military leaders’ nuclear aims.

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• Published: 2008-12-04

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Migrant workers who are struggling in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are facing many difficulties especially money hardship due to the global financial crisis.

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• Published: 2008-12-03

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As in Shan State, poppy cultivation in the areas of Kayah (Karenni) side has expanded, says Karenni Anti-Drug Action Committee (KADAC), an independent fact-finding group based on the Maehongson-Kayah border.

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• Published: 2008-12-01

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Both the Wa and its southern ally Mongla are closely following the gradual build-up of the Burma Army along its border in Mongkhark and Mongyang, north of Kengtung, according to sources coming to the Thai-Burma border.

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• Published: 2008-12-01

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• Published: 2008-11-30

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