By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 26, 2018 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) would never consider integrating its forces into the Myanmar military or disavow its right to secede from the Union without consulting the [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 26, 2018 YANGON—Nearly 750 residents of Mong Yin village in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township have fled fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army South and a joint [...]
Progressive Voice / Rohingya Women Welfare Society (RWWS) / Kachin Women's Association - Thailand (KWAT) | October 25, 2018 [New York, 25 October 2018] – The UN Security Council (UNSC) must exercise its authority and urgently act to refer [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2018 YANGON — Khin Myat Moe is a 4-year-old ethnic Palaung girl born in Nansang in northern Shan State. In January, her mother brought her to a Buddhist nunnery [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | October 25, 2018 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought with combined troops of Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) on October 23 in the evening near [...]
World Kachin Congress (WKC) | October 22, 2018 We, members of the World Kachin Congress, a network of Kachin communities and organizations around the world, demand that the Burma Army's Northern Regional Command immediately drop criminal defamation charges against [...]
Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) | October 21, 2018 1. On October 17, 2018 Burma Army’s (Tatmadaw) Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 428 left its base in Mawchi in order to conduct area clearances. On its way, LIB 428 arbitrarily [...]
By Ei Ei Toe Lwin and Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | October 23, 2018 General Yawd Serk, chair of the powerful armed ethnic group Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army - South (RCSS) talks about the future of [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 22, 2018 YANGON — Villagers in Shan State afraid of the potential environmental fallout from a planned coal mine say they have submitted petitions to local authorities urging them to cancel [...]
Kantarawaddy Times／BNI Online | October 22, 2018 A skirmish broke out between the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Tatmadaw in Nan Kit Village of Hpaswang Township in the Kayah State on Saturday morning (October 20). “We have [...]