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Pa-O youth: autonomy granted not genuine 2008-09-26
Self administered regions assigned to 5 different ethnic groups in Shan State are “a bunch of hoax”, according to Khun Htee, the newly elected Chairman of Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO).
Shans show their true colors 2008-09-25
To the surprise of no one at the Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.), the majority (60.5%) of the respondents to its readership poll conducted in July and August had chosen yellow, green and red, the colors of their state flag to be used for the cover of its monthly publication, according to the results.
Chula to hold Shan conference 2008-09-25
Thailand’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University is organizing the First International Conference on Shan Studies (ICSS) in the upcoming year, according to Chiangmai-based Shan Literature and Culture Society.
Shan groups in exile condemn regimes’ mass prisoner release 2008-09-24
Shan groups in exile say the regimes’ mass prisoner release is a publicity stunt and demand immediate, unconditional release of all political prisoners in Burma, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the Shan State leaders imprisoned since 2005, according to the press statement released by Shan groups yesterday.
Southern Wa singled out for surrender 2008-09-24
The United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s southern command that operates along the Thai-Burma border has recently been urged again by the Burmese military authorities to “exchange arms for peace,” a euphemism for surrender, according to Thai and Shan sources.
No Shans among freed prisoners 2008-09-24
Finding none of their leaders among the 9,002 prisoners released by junta authorities on Tuesday, Shans both inside and outside Burma have settled down to a period of depression.
Ceasefire leader’s kin murdered 2008-09-23
A nephew of a Shan ceasefire leader in northern Shan State was killed by unknown perpetrator after returning from hanging out with a group of friends, but local authorities failed to find out the culprit, according to sources from northern Shan State.
Junta’s license to gamble destroying people’s lives 2008-09-21
Even while people are facing difficulties to struggle for livelihood, the junta authorities in Kachin State have been allowing to open gambling dens resulting in the loss of property with one committing suicide, according to sources from the Sino-Burma border.
Weekly Diary, No. 319 (13 – 19 September 2008) 2008-09-21
Villagers living and dying for the army 2008-09-17
In order to escape several abuses and forced labor by the Burmese military, villagers in Southern Shan State have been fleeing to the Thai-Burma border, according to SHAN sources from the border.
Weekly Diary, No. 318 (6 – 12 September 2008) 2008-09-13
Burma Army continues violating child rights 2008-09-12
Despite international pressure on the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) to stop recruiting and using child soldiers, the SPDC has been continuously violating child rights to recruit or use child soldiers in its army, according to a report from Sino-Burma border.
To save Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, A Courageous Freedom Fighter 2008-09-09
In the last two centuries unfair treatment of society by other groups or by their government has improved greatly. This has been due to campaigners and freedom fighters of the world. They resisted and rebelled against dictatorial governments and fought for liberty and freedom. In the face of danger and suffering they have changed society not only in which they lived but in the entire world.
Cure for cold becoming rage of speed producers 2008-09-09
Shortage of “Ice,” the crystal precursor used for producing methamphetamine pills, has driven clandestine chemists along the Thai-Burma border frantic enough to look for drugs used for relief of cold and cough in northern Thailand, according to several sources.
Ceasefire groups beef up security 2008-09-08
While the Burmese military have been instructing its militia forces to expand, some ceasefire groups such as Shan State Army (SSA) North and the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have also been beefing up their security after the May 10 referendum, according to informed sources from central Shan State.
Weekly Diary, No. 317 (30 August – 5 September 2008) 2008-09-06
South Ossetia and Abkhazia: Endorsing rights of self-determination or staging a comeback as superpower? 2008-09-06
From the outset, Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states might look like the replay of classical clash between territorial integrity of a sovereign state and humanitarian intervention to divert ethnic cleansing or genocide.
Pundit: Ethnicity and democratization can go together 2008-09-04
Ethnic nationalism can, under the right conditions, work for rather than against democracy’s rise and consolidation, says a professor from Princeton University in the latest issue of Journal of Democracy.
Ceasefire groups pressured to surrender within 2009 2008-09-03
Regional commanders said all ceasefire groups including local militias must surrender the arms in 2009, according to SHAN sources.
Shan Diary, Issue No.20, August 2008 2008-09-03
 
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