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Initial talk between the new civilianized government and Shan State Progress Party/ Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) that had been fighting against the Burma Army since March, reportedly was held last weekend on Saturday, 29 October at Naypyitaw, according to r...
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He regarded his 8-day visit to Burma, 20-28 October, as a fruitful eye-opener, said Harn Yawnghwe, director of Brussels-based Euro-Burma Office (EBO) and youngest son of the late first President of Burma who went into exile with his mother in 1963.
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Lt-Gen Yawdserk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), generally known as SSA South says ceasefire with Shan State Army (SSA) South, should also be ceasefire with SSA North, which will bolster mutual confidence and lead the w...
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Prior to the expected talks with Naypyitaw, the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), better known as the SSA South, says the core of its planned proposition would be “political problems should be resolved by political means....
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Reports of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s Thai border based 171st Military Region moving its troops for another confrontation with the Shan State Army (SSA) South had once again awakened Shan and Thai security forces along the border from their letha...
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A new drug report released today by the Palaung Women’s Organization illustrates concerns within the Palaung region of Shan State North that the production of opium, encouraged by elected official and kingpin ‘Panhsay’ Kyaw Myint, has brought addict...
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Coinciding with his first return trip to Burma since his forced exile in 1963, Euro Burma Office (EBO) director Sao Harn Yawnghwe has released a statement in the interest of dispelling rumors surrounding the trip’s purpose.
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Adrian’s 15 month trip to inside Shan State (April 1972-July 1973), came at the right time.
The Shan resistance at that time was fighting on a three-front war:
The struggle against the ruling military government and its Burma Socialist Programme Par...
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According to sources close to the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) better known as Mong La group, Burmese officials presented NDAA’s representatives with presents that may have reportedly carried symbolic significance relating to astrology when ...
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Hoping to end current speculation over possible involvement in the 5 Oct. incident on the Mekong River that led to the discovery of 12 deaths and the seizure of 920,000 yaba (methamphetamine) pills on two Chinese cargo ships, Mongla NDAA official Sao Hsen...
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Sources within Burma’s Shan State have speculated that the October 12th release of former Shan State Army (SSA) leader General Hso Ten has been used as leverage by Burmese government officials as part of their ongoing effort to entice armed resistance g...
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In the much publicized release of prisoners in Myanmar Wednesday as part of President Thein Sein’s recent amnesty, only one of the released was a political figure from the Shan State. The lone Shan figure released from prison was Major General Hso Ten, ...
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A week after the attack and grisly killing (and disappearance) of 13 Chinese crewmen and women in the Golden Triangle, where Burma, Laos and Thailand meet, many are still asking who did it and why.
There are few who doubt the involvement (direct or indir...
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Though Myanmar’s central government held a general election on 7 November 2010 and has promised progress towards peace throughout the country, regular reports of human rights abuses in several ethnic states have persisted. Recent accounts from Mongyaw, ...
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The Shan State Army (SSA)has pledged to lend a helping hand in the resolution of 4-year long issue of drug trafficking and protection racketeering in the Golden Triangle that culminated in the killing of 13 Chinese there last week. One of its senior offic...
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Meeting Sunday, October 9th in Kengtung for the second time in an ongoing negotiation process, members of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) and Myanmar officials reached agreement on seven terms. NDAA officials submitted 14 terms for considerat...
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According to a businessman with connections to the senior hierarchy of Burma’s new regime, one of the phrases of the official announcement inviting armed groups for peace talks with Naypyitaw is rather a needless riddle to be unveiled only after it is c...
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The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) made it clear in a press conference at Chiang Mai University Friday that the wait and see approach to evolving problems in Burma’s ethnic territories by the international community and the U.N. have not b...
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Plans for the reopening of a checkpoint on Burma’s border with Thailand near Mongton township in eastern Shan State will include the Shan State government assuming control and benefiting from the income of the checkpoint, according to sources on the bor...
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Parts of towns in southern Shan state, including Loilem, Taunggyi, and Yawnghwe remained underwater Wednesday, after weeks of non-stop rain and serious flooding. Much of the rain was brought on by back to back typhoons occurring a week ago, with flooding ...
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