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 [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 18, 2018 The PNLO’s Col Khun Okkar says that the fighting occurred because of a lack of communication channels, describing it as ‘attacking and defending.’ Fighting occurred between the Restoration Council [...]
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Progressive Voice / ALTSEAN-Burma | October 18, 2018 In March 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, expressed concern that the peace process was [...]
By Salai SH Lian and Ko Thang / Frontier Myanmar | October 19, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s decision to revoke protection for Chin refugees is not informed by a sincere assessment of conditions for return in Chin State. ON [...]
By Nan Lwin / The Irrawaddy | October 17, 2018 YANGON—Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will make a one-day visit to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on Friday to open a drug rehabilitation center, according [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 16, 2018 A KIA spokesperson says battles broke out in Myitkyina Township after government forces sent in troop reinforcements. Battles reignited between government forces and troops from the Kachin Independence Army [...]
Burma Link | October 18, 2018 Ah Ze is the General Secretary of the All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU), an organization which she joined in 2013 to empower today’s youth to work towards establishing a Federal Union in Burma. [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | October 18, 2018 The Nationwide Ceasefire-Signatory- Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAOs) initiated top leaders meeting involving 10 from government-military and 10 from EAOs was agreed and the government scheduled [...]