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Brotherhood Allies Mourn Passing of Ta’ang Leader’s Mother

Yar Mar Kham Pan, also known as Yar Khin Sein, the mother of General Tar Aik Bong, Chairman of the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA), passed away on November 30.
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  • December 3, 2025

Fighting Erupts as Junta Rejects SSPP Rule in Nawng Pein

A fighting broke out between the junta’s military troops and the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) in Pon Woe Village, Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, according to a statement released by the SSPP on Saturday.
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  • December 1, 2025

Drug Use Rising in Kyaukme’s Hilltop Villages

Local residents using drugs is increasing in the hilltop villages above the Mongngawt sub-township, in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State, local people told Shwe Phee Myay.
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  • November 27, 2025

Taunggyi Junta Checkpoint Targets Ta’ang for Extortion and Scrutiny

The junta’s military troops at a checkpoint in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, are strictly scrutinizing and extorting money from Ta’ang (Palaung) ethnic people originally from northern Shan State, according to the people who are familiar with these incidents.
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  • November 27, 2025

First Batch of Ta’ang Education Students Awarded Diplomas

The Ta’ang Land Education Council (TLEC) awarded Diplomas in Education to 117 students from the inaugural cohort of the Ta’ang Education Academy (TEA), which was founded and led by the TLEC.
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  • November 27, 2025

Junta to Reopen University in Lashio

The junta’s regime plans to reopen the Lashio University in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan State which it retook control, according to the residents.
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  • November 21, 2025

Hsipaw Bridge Remains Closed for Five Days

The Hsipaw-Lashio Bridge at the exist of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State has remained impassable for five consecutive days due to a mutual blockade imposed by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the junta’s military.
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  • November 20, 2025

Junta Troops Ransack Empty Ta’ang Homes in Kyaukme

The junta troops are entering and looting the uninhabited houses of Ta’ang ethnic people on Peace Hill Ward in Kyaukme, a township in northern Shan State now back under their control, according to sources on the ground.
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  • November 17, 2025

Key Hsipaw-Lashio Bridge Remains Closed by MNDAA-Junta Blockade

The Hsipaw-Lashio Bridge, located at the edge of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State, remains impassable due to a mutual blockade by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) forces and troops from the junta’s military, according to the residents.
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  • November 17, 2025

35 Hsipaw Residents Arrested Over Suspected Ties to TNLA

The junta’s military arrested and taken away 35 local residents in Hsipaw—a township recently brought back under its control in northern Shan State—on suspicion of having ties to the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), according to a source close to some detainees.
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  • November 15, 2025