By Kachinland News | May 15, 2018 The massive buildup of its presence in Kachin State by the Tatmadaw or Burma Army (BA) has been ongoing without any letup since the 1990’s, despite the 17-year period of ceasefire with the Kachin [...]
By Mizzima | May 17, 2018 Several bomb blasts took place on railroads in Mogaung, Myanmar's Kachin state, damaging one train and some rail tracks and delaying rail transportation in the area over the past two days, Xinhua reported [...]
By Kyaw Myo Min / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 16, 2018 Three antiwar activists were charged with criminal defamation on Wednesday for leading a protest in Myitkyina during which they called on the Myanmar government to rescue [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | May 16, 2018 YANGON — The Northern Command of the Myanmar Army has sued three Kachin youth who led a sit-in protest against ongoing clashes in Kachin State for defamation. On [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 15, 2018 Nearly 400 civil society organisations in Burma released a joint statement on Tuesday demanding the release of activists who were detained and are facing charges for their role in an anti-war protest in [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | May 15, 2018 YANGON — The Myanmar Army launched three air attacks on Battalion 6 under the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s Brigade 2 on Monday morning, said Major Awng Ja, the [...]
Joint Strategy Team (JST) | May 14, 2018 The Joint Strategy Team (JST) for Humanitarian Response in Kachin and Northern Shan States would like to express our deepest concern over the recent fighting between the Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR)| May 14, 2018 Karen State, Burma The situation in Muthraw District, Northern Karen State is deteriorating due to Burma Army violations of the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). A Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) commander announced on [...]
Urgent update by the Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | May 15, 2018 Contrary to claims by Burma Army commanders that they have not targeted civilians in their recent offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), interviews by KWAT [...]
International Karen Organisation (IKO) | May 15, 2018 1. In the previous months of March, as the Myanmar Tatmadaw (MT or Burman Army)in an act of aggressive expansion, intruded into the demarcated territory of the Karen National Union (KNU), [...]