By Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 9, 2018 An ethnic Ta’ang militia operating in Myanmar's war-torn northern Shan state conducted recent searches for illegal drugs, but did not kidnap villagers and demand payments from [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 9, 2018 More than a dozen Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) troops, many of them badly injured, were briefly detained by the Kachin Independence Army when the latter raided a Tatmadaw base in [...]
By Mutraw Emergency Assistance Team | April 9, 2018 In Mutraw (Hpapun) District, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)'s 5th Brigade, Ler Mu Plaw area, the Burmese Army has been launching its military offensive since early March 2018. This [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | April 6, 2018 Fighting between the Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations has escalated recently in the Kachin State and the northern Shan State. The Tatmadaw has been fighting with the Kachin Independence [...]
By Aung Thein Kha and Thinn Thiri / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 6, 2018 Authorities in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state have arrested and jailed an ethnic Kachin NGO for violating Article 17(1) of the colonial-era Unlawful Association Act, [...]
Documentary film by Ansley Sawyer and Corey Embring in partnership with Burma Link | March 17, 2018 Today, thousands of people live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border, displaced from decades of relentless civil war at the hands of [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 5, 2018 A judge in Pathein Township has handed down fines to eight students who were charged with defamation under section 500 of the Burmese Penal Code after the youths staged an anti-war [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shand Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | April 5, 2018 Local residents have been taking refuge at a monastery in Hsipaw Township in the northern Shan State after the Tatmadaw fired several [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 5, 2018 The Kachin Independence Army on Thursday warned illegal mine workers in the Hukawng Valley, including gold and amber miners, to leave as the group plans to launch guerrilla attacks [...]
Karen Women Seminar | March 29, 2018 In order to strengthen the Karen women, movement across Karen communities, the Karen Women's Organization organized the third Karen Women's Seminar in Lay Wah (Law Khee Lar), Karen State, on 28-29 March [...]