2006

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Wrong medications sold at Shan festivals

Lack of medical knowledge and subsequent improper use of medications can have serious health consequences amongst Shan migrants...

SPDC places restrictions on ICRC movements in Kengtung

The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) has been working in Kengtung for many years since 1999, but since January 2006, their movements are under restriction, causing some staffs to quit, according to Pegasus from the border...

Monks are porters on the Karenni front

Monks detained at Insein prison are being used as porters in the Burma Army's ongoing campaign against the Karenni guerrillas, west of Maehongson, reports border-based Kantarawaddy Times on Monday (20 February)...

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Stateless children given second chance

Sai Htoon, 9, Sai Bee, 7, and Nawng Oy, 5, are children of Sai Sam and Nang Kham, a migrant worker couple in a construction site in Chiang Mai. None of the children, two boys and one girl attends school because their parents often move from one place to another for jobs given that they are sometimes not paid wages by their employer...

Shans assimilated into Thai

Descendents of Shan people who migrated to Thailand before Second World War have been assimilated and think themselves as 100% Thai, because they enjoy the same rights as other Thais, according a narration of Ajarn Nakorn (not his real name) a native Shan who attended Tai (Shan) Poets Day on 25 February...

Underage women can pay to cross the border

Despite the law restricting women under 25 to travel to the border and across it, Burmese authorities in eastern Shan State have made allowances for those who can pay, according to sources coming to the border...

Shan migrants center formed to protect rights

Thailand's latest migrant workers registration policy has resulted in the formation of a center for legal assistance among the Shan migrant community to protect their rights, said the deputy secretary of the group...

New wave of Wa settlers reach border

At least 2,000 new Wa civilians arrived in Mongton township, opposite Chiangmai province, on Monday, 17 April, according to Thai and Shan sources...

Shans in Thailand to celebrate 90th anniversary of temple

On 11-12 March, Shans in Chiang Rai are observing the 90th anniversary of Sanpakaw temple and celebrate a new building to be dedicated to the 60th anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's ascension to the throne, according to the abbot Phra Athikarn Pandhita...

Junta army looks at gift horses in the mouth

A homely girl, who was among the 7 women forced to "comfort" a 60-men patrol from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 514 based in Mongkerng, a township 148 miles northeast of the state capital of Taunggyi, was beaten to death by angry soldiers last month, according to sources coming to the border...

Bully boys slammed on Women's Day

More than two hundred women from different groups gathered this evening (8, March) to observe the International Women's Day in Chiang Mai where the community theater played out about women bullied by men...

New uprooting in eastern Shan State

The Burma Army has ordered fresh relocation of several villages in Monghsat and Monghpyak townships, eastern Shan State, last month, said sources...

Junta army takes credit for not killing victims

A Burma Army column, after subjecting 6 villagers to hours of physical torture, had released them saying they were lucky they were not Shans, according to new refugee arrivals at the border...

Christian evangelists detained by Wa

A group of 38 people returning to Shan State from a Christian congregation held in northern Thailand were detained on 18 April by the Wa authorities in Mongmai, also known as Mongmau, north of the Wa capital Panghsang, according to Thai, Lahu and Shan sources...

Missionaries released by Wa

Panghsang, the Wa capital, have released all the remaining missionaries detained last month, according to sources in Tachilek...