By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 14, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — People living near two military-run cement factories in the Karen State capital of Hpa-an are urging the government to stop the larger of them from [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 13, 2018 Land-rights activists have urged the government to abolish the Vacant Land Law, saying the legislation could be used as a tool to dispossess people of their land. The law was [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | November 14, 2018 The director of the Karen Development Network-KDN said that existing peace process between the government and the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) is no more than ceasefire position. The director [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 9, 2018 Some of the IDPs who fled their village due to fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army. Chin State in western Burma borders India and Bangladesh and, though [...]
By Myat Moe Thu / The Myanmar Times | November 13, 2018 People in Taunggyi township, southern Shan State, are protesting a public show of support for the Tatmadaw (military) that will be held on Wednesday, the opening day of [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | November 9, 2018 Including Minister for Kachin State Security and Border Affairs Ministry Col.Thura Myo Tin (BC 20081) and Minister for Mon State Security and Border Affairs Ministry Col. Win Naing Oo [...]
By Ye Mon / Frontier Myanmar | November 12, 2018 YANGON — The government’s Union Peace Commission has scheduled a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw this week to address the recent decision by the two largest ethnic signatories to [...]
42 Non-Governmental Organization | November 9, 2018 Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in mid-November, according [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) Headquarters | November 10, 2018 The 6th Central Standing Committee Emergency meeting of Karen National Union (KNU) was held from 6th to 10th November, 2018 in Lay fah, Hpa-an District. Eighty-eight participants, including Central Executive Committee [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 8, 2018 Mon State — The family of an ethnic Palaung man who went missing in northern Shan State last month says he was found dead on Wednesday. San Mon, 32, [...]