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Locals facing less opium output impact

Poppy farmers northeast of Taunggyi, southern Shan State, have been under hardship to pay back loans as most of their fields were destroyed by the harsh weather conditions in the last season, according to local sources.

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  • Published: 2009-02-06

Shan ceasefire group mum on meeting results

The Shan State Army (SSA) North ended its two-week meeting at its Hsengkeow main base, Hsipaw township, on 26 January but has so far been tight-lipped about its resolutions, according to insider sources from Shan State North.

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  • Published: 2009-02-05

Local authorities told to destroy poppy cultivation collect tax

Complying to orders from Naypyitaw to eradicate cultivation, local authorities in southern Shan State have been destroying some of the poppy fields, but still taxing the farmers, according to reliable sources.

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  • Published: 2009-02-04

Haul in Rangoon tipped by Chinese narcs

The 89 kg heroin seizure in Rangoon on 25 January was the result of a tip-off by Chinese agents, according to sources on the Sino-Burma border.

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  • Published: 2009-02-04

Poppy output in Shan State dropping because of weather

Due to harsh of weather in the last season, opium output in Shan State is down though the cultivation had increased, according to reliable sources.

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  • Published: 2009-02-03

A Visit to Tasang

For some reason, the Tasang dam, 228 meters high, producing 7,110 MW, that will cost at least $ 6 billion is yet to be built. The following are photos recently received by SHAN.

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  • Published: 2009-02-02

Caretaker EC for Shan State Congress meets

The interim Executive Committee for Shan State Congress formed at the end of a 3-day conference at Loi Taileng, the Shan State Army (SSA) South’s main base across the border from Maehongson met for the first time yesterday (Saturday, 31 January 2009).

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  • Published: 2009-02-01

Shan party welcomes Gambari visit

UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari’s first visit in 2009 and 7th since his appointment in 2006 was welcomed by Burma’s second largest party Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD).

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  • Published: 2009-02-01

Is there a holistic approach to Burma’s refugee problem?

With the Rohingya boat people washing up almost daily on Thai shores, it is appropriate and as well, a welcome initiative for the Thai government to call for a conference, involving and consulting all concerned countries, including Burma, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and India to find durable solutions. In other words, applying a holistic or comprehensive approach, like an opinion piece on 26 January of The Nation rightly pointed out.

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  • Published: 2009-01-30

Junta commander: 2010 elections could be postponed

A junta commander in southern Shan State said the planned 2010 elections could be postponed due to several reasons, while meeting with people from several civil services early in the month, according to reliable sources.

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  • Published: 2009-01-29

Shans deny superstition accused by Thai police

The Shan community in Chiangmai has denied the accusation by a Thai police officer who was investigating the murder of a former music teacher supposed to be killed by Shan men who had broken the ceiling light in the dead person’s home office through superstition.

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  • Published: 2009-01-27

Thai security against proposed new crossborder coal road

The planned 60km passage between Burma’s Shan State and Thailand’s Chiangrai province as proposed by Saraburi Coal Mining, a subsidiary of Ital-Thai, has run into opposition by officials concerned with security along the border, reported The Manager Online on 23 January.

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  • Published: 2009-01-27

Junta acquires new air defense system

Burma’s Armed Forces is training hard in the use of Russian-made Igla MANPADS (Man-portable air defense missile system) in Naypyitaw, the new capital, according to veteran border watchers.

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  • Published: 2009-01-26

Will Obama be ready for radical humanitarian intervention in Burma?

Even before the euphoria has died down, following the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, he moved almost with lighting speed, on his first day in the office, to tackle the issue of Guantanamo Bay detention centre closure.

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  • Published: 2009-01-24

A new technique of the Burmese military: How it will affect rebels

This January, the Burmese Army began using a new system of extremely accurate mapping called Universal Transverse Mercator or UTM, which allows easy and quick navigation calculations, possibly expediting the movement of Junta troops.

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  • Published: 2009-01-23
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