Kachin News Group / BNI Online | August 27, 2018 KBC youth pastor Mading Zaidan Bawm Ying said he will continue to fight for justice after he was assaulted by a group of soldiers from the Border Guard Forces [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | August 24, 2018 MON STATE—The Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) has ordered that signboards announcing this weekend’s commemoration of the 71st Mon Revolution Day be taken down or changed, on the grounds that [...]
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | August 23, 2018 One year since the pre-planned military offensive against the Rohingya, more than 1 million Rohingya now live as refugees in Bangladesh. More than half are children. Conditions in the camps are appalling, despite [...]
Action for Shan State Rivers | August 23, 2018 Following the visit by eleven MPs to Ta Long village, Hsipaw township, on August 11, 2018, the Ta Long villagers are today sending a letter to 23 parliamentary committees of [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen News | August 23, 2018 The Karen Refugee Committee claim huge cuts to funding for administration of the Thai-Burma border refugee camps makes it impossible for more than 1,000 camp workers to do their [...]
Markus Rudolf and Clara Schmitz-Pranghe/ BICC | July 3, 2018 After multi-party elections and the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement hopes were high of a possible settlement of Myanmar’s protracted conflict. Yet conflicts in the border areas and [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen Informational Center / BNI Online | August 23, 2018 Major Saw Mote Thon from the Border Guard Forces (BGF) Battalion 1022 in the Karen (Kayin) State said better understanding is necessary among the divided [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | August 22, 2018 People fled after hearing gunfire and after soldiers from both sides reportedly entered their village in the Mong Yaw area. Troops from the government forces [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | August 22, 2018 The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples event was held for the first time in northern Karen State, Burma. Karen environmentalists and Karen community demand Burma government and business investors [...]
By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | August 21, 2018 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Tatmadaw (government military) have had 15 clashes since the completion of the third session of 21st Century Panglong Conference which was held [...]