Burma Link | May 28, 2018 Paul Sein Twa is the Executive Director of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community based non-profit organisation that works to improve livelihood security and to gain respect for indigenous [...]
By Kyaw Thu / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 24, 2018 A Myanmar army officer has been charged with killing an ethnic Mon villager during an investigation into a domestic dispute in southeastern Myanmar’s Mon state, after the [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | May 17, 2018 On May 17, 2018, an informal meeting was held at the Yangon Region Military Command between the 9-men delegation led by KNU President Gen. Saw Mutu Say Poe and Tatmadaw delegation [...]
By Nay Phyo Win / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 24, 2018 The Burmese government is aiming to hold the third round of the Union Peace Conference in June, according to State Counsellor’s Office Director-General Zaw Htay. Speaking [...]
Karen News | May 24, 2018 Despite Burma Army promises to withdraw its soldiers and stop a construction of a contentious road at the center of the military conflict, thousands displaced villagers are unable to return to their villages [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | May 23, 2018 When the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU) signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 13 February 2018, adding impetus for the [...]
By Saw Shar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | May 21, 2018 The Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army – Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) said it does not want the peace process to be in a standstill and [...]
Kachinland News | May 21, 2018 In the US in Washington D.C, members of Kachin diaspora community came together to hold a crucial meeting in the country’s capital City from May 18- 19. This was the first ever World [...]
Mizzima | May 22, 2018 Myanmar has postponed its third round of nationwide peace talks planned for May because the Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) that have already signed the government’s peace accord say they have to attend preparatory meetings [...]
Fortify Rights and Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) | May 21, 2018 (YANGON, May 21, 2018)-The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges against three ethnic-Kachin human rights defenders, said the Kachin Women’s Association [...]