Panghsang, the central headquarters of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) was told to pull out all of its bases along the Thai-Burma border again and to also move back all the people to their original area on the ...
Because of a harsh weather, drought and crop failures in Shan State, hundreds of people are migrating to Thailand almost every day from the beginning of this year, according to sources from the Thai-Burma borde...
Due to excessive chores in the Burma Army, many members of the newly formed militia units in Nakawngmu, a village in Mongton township, opposite Chiangmai’s Chiangdao district, ar...
Chinese security officials are making yet another attempt to patch up the deteriorating relationship between the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the ruling military junta, followin...
A surprise attack by the non-ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA) South in 13 March in Shan State South put to rout a 42-strong Burma Army patrol leaving 20 dead on the battlefield, acc...
Over a dozen passengers were killed and about 38 were wounded in a bus accident on 16 March, on the Tachilek-Kengtung highway, Shan State East.
Currently, the injured passengers are...
Introduction
The West has St. Valentine and Romeo and Juliet. The Shans, a sub-family of the Tai race, one of the major inhabitants of Southeast Asia, spanning from Yunnan to Assam and from Kachin State of Burma to Laos, Vietnam and Thailand, have Khu...
Steady hand on the till
But who is to blame for the spike in cultivation?
IN THE mountains of Myanmar's strife-torn Shan state, the colourful blossom of opium poppies has become a more frequent sight of late. A businessman based in the Shan state notes...
It is interesting to note that the linkage and emergence of the modern Shan State, its national day and the formation of the Union of Burma are so intertwined; it is almost impossible to discuss the making of this historical formation separately.