Shan State Army ‘North’ leader pressured to persuade remaining brigade
The ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ which became junta controlled home guard force in April, recently received an order from the Northeastern Region Command to persuade the last remaining brigade to...
Thai academic: Junta might get away with it yet
In a somewhat dramatic departure from his usual diplomacy, Surapong Jayanama (pronounced Chaiyanarm), the Thai academic and current advisor to Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya (pronounced Pirom) told an audience ...
NLD leaders meet imprisoned ethnic leaders’ families
Some leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party are reported to have made a visit to family members of different imprisoned ethnic leaders at the hom...
Imprisoned Shan ceasefire leader transferred
The leader of the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ Maj-Gen Hso Ten, 74, who was sentenced to 106 years imprisonment in 2005, was said to have been transferred from Khamti, Sagaing...
Shan party releases first newsletter
The Shan National Democratic Party (SNDP), one of the ethnic political parties that will contest in the upcoming general elections this year, has been handing out copies of its fir...
Election campaign banned in ceasefire areas
Burma’s ethnic ceasefire groups, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), that have refused to transform themselves into junta run border gua...
SHAN FOLK LORE STORIES FROM THE HILLAND WATER COUNTRY
TO MY FRIEND
Principal of the American Baptist College,Rangoon, and Senior Shan Missionary, the greatest authority upon Shan literature, and the translator of the Bible into that language,this little book is dedicated by
THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION
The follo...
Weekly Diary, No.406 (23 July-30 July 2010)
- LOOK EAST MEETS LOOK WEST!
- THAI ARMY TO ESTABLISH NEW DIVISION!
- JUNTA PARTY BUYING VOTES?
- SHAN PARTY HAVING A HARD TIME!
- DKBA DECLARES ALLIANCE WITH KNU “IF ATTACKED”!
Recollecting the Battle of Wan Hsa La
N obody knows where the little Shan village of Wan Hsa La is or else the battle was ever fought there. It was in 1958 when a pitch battle was fought between the Burmese army ( at that time it was not yet the pocket army of the dictators but under the abl...
Message on The 59th Anniversary of Shan National Day
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.
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