Sai Harn Lin On Wednesday, indiscriminate shelling by State Administration Council (SAC) killed a one-year-old infant and a 12-year-old, while also wounding their mother and 4-year-old sibling in Nawngkio Township in northern Shan State. According to Ko Ausmon, the spokesperson for Mandalay People's Defence Force (PDF), which is engaged in fighting with SAC in the township,
Sai Harn Lin The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an armed group of Three Brotherhoods Alliance, occupied a military checkpoint near Wan Kham village at the entrance of Namkham town. The seizure was carried out as part of their military mission during the fifth day of Operation 1027 on Tuesday as the checkpoint had been abandoned by the junta troops. A source informed
Nang Noung Noung and Sai Harn Lin As fighting continues between various armed groups and the Military Council in northern Shan State, civilians within the conflict zone are seeking refuge from the escalating violence. An anonymous source informed SHAN that heavy fighting involving heavy and light gunfire broke out between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burma army
Sai Harn Lin Early in the morning, Nang Kham Leng heads to the market with her shopping basket, pondering the essential food items she needs. Living with her 70-year-old mother, she realizes the nutrient supplement is running low and adds it to her shopping list. At the grocery store, she inquires about the price of Ensure milk powder. The shop owner responds, “65,000
Sai Harn Lin A toddler and two women, one of whom was in labour, are among the latest casualties of regime airstrikes that injured at least eighteen people and destroyed scores of homes in Paikhun (aka Pekhon) and Panglong (Pinlaung) townships in southern Shan State during the last week of April into May. On Saturday, two Burma army fighter jets strafed civilian residential