Accidents Lead Story News Shan
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.
Accidents Lead Story News Shan
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.
Lead Story News Shan Travel & Tourism
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
Residents of Taunggyi say that commercialization of Taunngyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests will come at the expense of local people.
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.
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
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.
According to a defence lawyer, no evidence was submitted in court that linked any of the accused to the charges of involvement with explosives or affiliation with an armed group.
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.
Two police officers were injured when a series of bomb blasts rocked Shan State capital Taunggyi on Saturday evening.
An opposition party member in Taunggyi, Shan State, was found dead outside his village on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the head.
Constitution Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
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.
June 20, 2007 (DVB)
There’s been a steady decline in the cultivation of opium poppy in recent years.
From 2015 to 2017, the production of poppy has decreased from 54,000 hectares to 41,000 hectares, so what’s behind this trend. . .
Burma’s drinkers currently prefer beer or spirits, but wine producers are hopeful that wine enjoyment will keep growing steadily from its low base. as supermarkets in larger cities are stocking an increasing number of locally made wines.
Drugs worth approximately 1.6 billion kyat ($1.15 million USD) were seized in Shan State over the weekend.
Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
“Grassroots groups know what is happening in their area. Often the authorities do not,” said Ashin Awe Bar Tha.
Negotiators from the government, military and a bloc of Burma’s non-state armed groups have agreed to convene the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in January 2018.
Twenty-seven political parties including the Union Solidarity and Development Party issue a statement accusing the National League for Democracy of taking advantage of religion, as the ruling party has organised interfaith vigils at locales across Burma in recent weeks.
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.
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, according to the leader of the former, who said that such a merger was ultimately necessary given Burma’s current political situation.
Lead Story News Protest Religion
Office of State Counsellor thanks those who did not participate in sit-in protests staged by nationalist monks and hardline Buddhists aimed at overthrowing the government.
Ceasefire groups urged Naypyidaw to facilitate “national-level political discussions” in Shan and Arakan states.
Burma’s most powerful ethnic armed group lashes out at the government after police raid one of its offices, ratcheting up tensions following months of deadly clashes between the army and ethnic militants.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
The views of Shan people will not be adequately represented at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference unless a national-level political dialogue is convened ahead of the summit, according to the Restoration Council of Shan State.
Environment Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
The iconic lake is suffering from degradation, mostly caused by deforestation and the constant daily pounding of thousands of visitors.
Farmers Features Lead Story News
For many small farmers in southern Shan State, where roughly one-quarter of all of Burma’s soybean is grown, harvests have declined in quality and volume, putting pressure on livelihoods.
“Our men were patrolling as usual in the area when the government troops came at us out of the blue, without any warning,” said Col. Sai La.
Scores of farmers in southern Shan State’s Taunggyi township, who were facing trial after the Burmese military pressed criminal trespass charges against them over a land confiscation dispute, were sentenced to one month in prison on Thursday.
Land Lead Story Military News Shan
Resolving myriad land disputes, often involving farmers with no documents to back their claims, was a core National League for Democracy campaign pledge. Fulfilling it is proving difficult.
