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…
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Shan, Ta’ang friendships strained over ethnic conflict
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 call for own state ahead of Panglong talks
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.
Torture report ban shows limits of rights under NLD: CSOs
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…
Burma army intervenes in Shan rebel war
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.
Shan State battles rage in tandem with peace talks
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…