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Regional commander orders locals to pay for nursery school building

In accordance with an order from the regional commander, local authorities in Mongyang Township, Kengtung district, eastern Shan State, have collected money from the local people for the construction of a nursery school building there, say local community sources.

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  • Published: 2009-03-12

Wa continue to resist census taking

Latest reports from the Sino-Burma border say the United Wa State Army (UWSA) is still refusing entry to census takers coming from Kengtung, the capital of Shan State East.

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  • Published: 2009-03-11

Over 2 million workers anticipated to be laid off in Thailand

According to the Social Security of Thailand, over 2 million workers would be laid off in 2009; most of them migrant workers, said Wilaiwan Sae Tia, Chairwoman of the Thai Labor Solidarity Committee, when she was invited to the 8th Annual Women’s Exchange Get-Together which was held at an undisclosed location on the Thai-Burma border from 5-9 of March 2009.

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  • Published: 2009-03-10

Military parade on Kokang Day

One detail high on the agenda on Thursday, 12 March, marking the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Communist leadership by Kokang forces in northern Shan State, is a colorful military parade, according to ceasefire sources.

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  • Published: 2009-03-10

Women demand more space in global politics

Over 600 women from several different backgrounds marched on the streets in Chiangmai, northern Thailand yesterday, calling for equal rights entitled to their workplace especially in Thailand but also in the global politics and economics.

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  • Published: 2009-03-09

Kokang to celebrate mutiny anniversary

Many ceasefire leaders are on their way to Kokang, Shan State North, to join the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Communist leadership there in 1989, according to sources in Shan State South.

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  • Published: 2009-03-09

Two desert to SSA

Two Burma Army defectors were welcomed by the Shan State Army (SSA) South’s 727th Brigade commander Lt-Col Teun Kherh at his Loi Hsarmhsip base, opposite Chiangmai’s Fang district, on Wednesday, 4 March, according to Thai security sources.

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  • Published: 2009-03-06

Two offers for two Wa factions

The military rulers of Burma, through their local commanders in Shan State East, have set out different conditions for two different Wa factions on the Thai-Burma border, according to Thai and Shan sources.

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  • Published: 2009-03-05

VOA to broadcast new ethnic program

The Voice of America (VOA) will broadcast the first transmission Free Ethnic Voice Radio (FEVR) or Taing Yin Tha Thidin Hlwa (in Burmese) with the aim to give voice to Burma’s non-Burman ethnic people.

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  • Published: 2009-03-04

Hunted Shan mafia members speak

Interviewed by SHAN this morning, sources close to the armed gang led by Naw Kham, who is still at large despite a joint 4 nation crackdown in the infamous Golden Triangle area, denied most of the claims reported since 18 February when a Chinese cargo boat was said to have been shot up by the group.

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  • Published: 2009-03-04

Junta takes census in Wa, Mongla territory

More than 80 officials from several civil and governmental departments with 7 trucks in Kengtung, are reported to have started taking census in the areas under the control of United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its ally Mongla-based National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS) since February 26.

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  • Published: 2009-03-04

More hi-tech gimmicks for the Army

The Burma Army has received Russian-made 1L117 radar last month, a group of border watchers reported recently.

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  • Published: 2009-03-03

Mongla bounces back

Travelers from Thailand who recently returned from Mongla, opposite China’s Daluo, say the town is teeming with tourists from China again following a month of stagnation resulting from Chinese closure.

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  • Published: 2009-03-02

Local discuss druglord’s staying power

The marvel of druglord Naw Kham who is on the run is not the chase launched recently by the Burmese and Lao security forces but the fact that he had been able to run his illegal activities for so long, according to local sources both in Thailand and Burma’s Shan State.

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  • Published: 2009-02-27

Junta conducts militia training course in Mongton

Mongton-based Infantry Battalion IB 65, eastern Shan State, opposite Chiangmai Province, has been training militia units in the township, according to sources on the border.

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  • Published: 2009-02-27
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