Myanmar News » Shan News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: Photos show festival on Myanmar's Inle Lake after the end of monsoon
A few days after the monsoon rains subside, Inle Lake, nestled among picturesque mountains, becomes the setting for one of Myanmar’s most important Buddhist festivals ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: Indigenous rights, war and religion in Myanmar
Scott Johnson is an advocate for Indigenous people across Southeast Asia through the Tribal Action Group. In recent years he has focused on the civil war in Myanmar and made about 70 cross border ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: The Last Defense of the Lake: From Environmental Conservation to Political Revolution
For over seven decades, Myanmar was consumed by the world’s longest civil war, but the Intha (Insaku), the "Children of the Lake/The People of The Lake," remained a peaceful exception. Nestled among ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: Myanmar children, monks among dozens killed in heavy airstrikes
Myanmar’s military killed 40 civilians, including Buddhist monks and children, in airstrikes in northern Myanmar as it tries to pound its enemies into submission, insurgents told Radio Free Asia on ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: The Dilemma of Shan State for Myanmar’s Revolution
Nowhere in Myanmar is the revolutionary struggle more complex and confounding than in Shan State. Several separate ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) are operating in Shan State, each with their ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: Two boats sink at religious festival in Myanmar
Footage shows a boat sinking during a Buddhist festival on a lake in Myanmar, one of two that went down on consecutive days. Video from October 13 shows the sinking of one of the vessels on Inle Lake ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: Reporting from behind shifting front lines in Myanmar’s civil war
On a typical day, Mai Rupa travels through his native Shan State, in eastern Myanmar, documenting the impact of war. A video journalist with the online news outlet Shwe Phee Myay, he travels to remote ...
News Myanmar » Shan » Religion: The Silent Winner of Myanmar’s Northern Conflict
Soldiers from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) stand at attention during a ceremony in Pangsang, in Myanmar’s Shan State, April 17, 2019. Credit: VOA/Steve Sandford Subscribe for ads-free reading On ...