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Thais, Burmese share Royal Kathina ceremony

October 28, 2024

Thai communities living in Myanmar and Shan people in Yangon participated in the Royal Kathina Ceremony organised by Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Embassy in Yangon

Myanmar invites tourists to Shan State for enchanting cherry blossom festival

January 16, 2024

Myanmar Hotels and Tourism Ministry is inviting travellers to enjoy the third edition of the Kengtung Cherry Blossom Festival and Ethnic Food Exhibition hosted in Shan State’s Kengtung province.

Clashes between fighting forces continues in Myanmar

SATURDAY, JANUARY 05, 2019

Since the fighting between Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO) in December last year, monasteries and homes have been burnt down, local residents stranded in the battle and some fled to safer places.

Myanmar refugees in distress as UN cuts aid

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017

A HUMAN rights group has revealed that more than 6,000 ethnic-minority refugees in six refugee camps in Myanmar’s Shan state and Chiang Mai province have been cut off from all international relief since October, leaving them in a desperate situation as armed conflict still continues in Shan.

Shan, Karen in Myanmar pay floral tributes to late King

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2017

Shan State Army (SSA) military officers and their family members yesterday held a sandalwood-flower laying ceremony to pay tribute to His Majesty the late King.

Shan MPs brand rebels insurgents

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2016

Shan State parliament has approved a proposal to brand the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) as insurgent groups, with a vote of 63 in favour, 45 against and seven abstentions.

Shan community groups want Salween dams scrapped

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2016

Representatives of Shan communities have expressed serious concerns on the ongoing plan to construct a series of hydropower dams on the Salween River, saying many areas are still plagued with ongoing fighting between minority groups and the government.

KBZ Bank celebrates 400th branch in Myanmar

MONDAY, JULY 04, 2016

THE Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank), part of the KBZ Group of Companies, yesterday opened its 400th branch in Myanamr, coinciding with the bank’s 22nd anniversary of its first branch in Shan State.

Myanmar’s ‘foundation for peace’ under siege

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Battle has resumed in Shan state, exposing last year’s much-vaunted ceasefire pact as hollow kindling for confrontation

Shan armed groups told to stop conflict

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Ethnic dispute and ‘misunderstanding’ blamed for battles between militias

Shan Myanmar girl, 15, rescued from karaoke bar

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015

KANCHANABURI - A medical test has confirmed that one of the seven sex workers rescued on Wednesday from a karaoke bar in Kanchanaburi's Muang district was a 15-year-old Shan Myanmar girl.

Shan groups want poll campaigning suspended

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Shan ethnic groups called for election campaigning to be suspended in their areas as fighting between them and government troops is still continuing despite ceasefire negotiations.

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