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    Tagged: Taunggyi

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    Tazaungdaing: Fire. Balloons. Camera. Action!

    Picture hundreds of home-made fireworks strapped to a basket of a hot air balloon, let off in the middle of a crowd. Absolute. Mayhem.

    Accidents Lead Story News Shan

    12 injured in balloon accident at Tazaungdaing festivities in Taunggyi

    A hot-air balloon laden with combustibles went down in a fiery mishap on Monday evening in Taunggyi, crashing into a local shop and injuring at least 12 people during the annual Tazaungdaing holiday celebrations in the Shan State capital.

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    Accidents Lead Story News Shan

    Gunpowder for balloon festival fireworks sets houses ablaze in Taunggyi

    Gunpowder used to make fireworks, an integral part of Tazaungdaing full moon holiday celebrations in Shan State, ignited and set fire to five houses in the state capital Taunggyi on Sunday morning, injuring three men who were making the gunpowder.

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    Lead Story News Shan Travel & Tourism

    Stages removed after protest in Taunggyi

    Plans to build stages for viewing Taunggyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests are scrapped after local groups protest the commercialization of the event.

    Lead Story News Shan Travel & Tourism

    Commercialization of Taunggyi balloon festival opposed

    Residents of Taunggyi say that commercialization of Taunngyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests will come at the expense of local people.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Interview: NLD’s Win Htein counters heavy-handed allegations

    NLD spokesman Win Htein defends after the fallout from his decision to dismiss five executive members of the party in Shan State.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Taunggyi family murder: suspect arrested, confesses

    According to Burmese police, a 56-year-old suspect named Yo Sein confessed yesterday that he killed Ma Shwe Yi Cho when she refused to marry him, then also slashed the children to death in a rage.

    Crime Lead Story News

    Rangoon, Taunggyi family murders shake Burma

    Both cases, one in Rangoon and one in Taunggyi, involve young families, including children, who were stabbed to death in their homes for no apparent reason.

    Crime Drugs Lead Story News Shan

    Prisoner’s father masterminded jailbreak, says Taunggyi police

    Four armed men who broke free an inmate from a prison truck and drove him to safety in Shan State last week were hired by his father, according to police.

    Crime Lead Story News Shan

    Pair arrested for breaking out prisoner in Shan State

    Police in Shan State say they have apprehended two of the men responsible for freeing a man from a prison truck in Taunggyi.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Shan

    Inle Lake granted new UNESCO status

    Shan State’s iconic Inle Lake has been granted Biosphere Reservation status by the United Nations heritage agency

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Shan

    SNDP sets sights on 50% election success rate

    The Shan Nationalities Democratic Party, or SNDP, says it aims to win more than 50 percent of all seats it competes for in this year’s general election.

    Law Lead Story News Shan

    Taunggyi trial: Muslims complain of threats

    A group of 20 Muslims on trial for undermining state security in Taunggyi are being constantly threatened and harassed by Buddhist monks and local Swan Arr Shin members, says their lawyer.

    Lead Story News

    Opposition party claims harassment in Shan State

    An office of Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), was told to remove party signage from their property or face retaliation, according to NLD officials.

    Breaking Lead Story News

    Politician murdered in Taunggyi

    An opposition party member in Taunggyi, Shan State, was found dead outside his village on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the head.

    Contributor Feature Lead Story News Society

    Road-testing Burma’s wineries

    Jessica Mudditt visits Burma’s debut wineries, where rows of fresh grapes blanket the Shan hills.

    Constitution Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi rally in Taunggyi moved to vacant lot

    Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on Sunday denied access to festival grounds in Shan State capital Taunggyi, causing a scheduled party rally to be moved to a vacant roadside lot.

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    Monks protest in Shan capital after officials demolish monastery

    Monks marched through the streets of Taunggyi in protest after authorities demolished a Buddhist monastery that had allegedly been built on government land

    News Politics

    Accident at construction site kills 7 in Shan state

    Seven workers were killed and three injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in Shan state’s capital Taunggyi yesterday afternoon

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