A barrage of heavy weapons fire struck a village in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State, on Thursday morning, killing a child and injuring seven other people, the News and Information Department of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army has announced.
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Kyaukme has been for many years a peaceful town, its ethnic Shan and Ta’ang residents co-existing in relative harmony. But armed conflict is threatening to tear the communities apart.
Ta’ang community leaders argue that the Ta’ang need their own state if they are to enjoy equal status in a future federal Burma.
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Rights groups say a decision by the Rangoon government to ban the release of a report detailing abuses by the armed forces show the limits of new freedoms under civilian rule.
The Burmese army has launched assaults on Ta’ang rebel positions in Burma’s northeast in response to parliamentary calls for an intervention to end fighting between rebels that has displaced thousands.
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As the second stage in Burma’s lurching peace process began with the Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw on Tuesday, the absent Ta’ang National Liberation Army marked its 53rd Revolutionary Day with skirmishes against Burmese troops.
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DVB speaks to Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team member Hkun Okker as 3 ethnic groups threaten to quit the ethnic bloc.
Fighting broke out between the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and Burmese government forces in Ta Pha Saung, an area located in Shan State’s Kaese Township.
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Tea-leaf producers in Namhsan, northern Shan State, are struggling to stay in business due to labour shortages and a surge in untaxed tea from neighbouring China.
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According to villagers in Shan State’s Namhsan township, The Ta’ang (Palaung) National Liberation Army (TNLA) are forcefully recruiting people into their ranks and are executing those who refuse.
As many as 400,000 people in Kachin State could be excluded from the nationwide census that began on Sunday. DVB spke to Kachin activist Khon Ja about why so many are being overlooked, and how a miscount could affect ethnic rights.
An intense firefight broke out between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, on Sunday. Farmland in the surrounding villages was damaged but no casualties were reported.
Captain Mai Aung Ko, spokesperson for the TNLA, said the continuation of hostilities could hamper the “mutual trust-building process”.
