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One killed in Shan state bombing
Burma woke up this morning to news that yet another bomb blast had taken a life, this time in the northern Shan state town of Namhkam which lies close to the Chinese border.
Ten jailed for protesting Shwe Gas project
Ten local residents in Arakan state’s Kyaukphyu township were sentenced to three months in jail on Thursday for staging an unauthorised protest against a controversial China-backed gas pipeline.
SSA-North pushed back by Burmese army assault
The Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) endured a six-hour clash on Monday morning with the Burmese army in northern Shan state’s Namtu township, a spokesman for the ethnic army told DVB.
UN aid reaches Laiza for first time in almost two years
The UN has been allowed to deliver humanitarian aid to the Kachin rebel headquarters in northern Burma for the first time since December 2011, but a spokesperson warned that it will not be enough.
Hundreds of families evacuated in eastern Burma as floods hit
Villages in Mon, Karen and Shan states inundated after days of monsoon rains while in Pegu some 600 residents are evacuated into monasteries and shelters.
Ta’ang army suspends talks with govt as clashes continue
Captain Mai Aung Ko, spokesperson for the TNLA, said the continuation of hostilities could hamper the “mutual trust-building process”.
