By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 30, 2018 When Thein Sein-headed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) came into power, following the 2010 nationwide election, people were skeptical what would come out of [...]
Kachinland News | April 30, 2018 A Kachin youth group’s plan to establish a protest camp in front of the An Daw Shin monastery at Yan Gyi Awng Quarter in Myitkyina was thwarted by State government authorities on Monday [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 30, 2018 Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | April 30, 2018 YANGON — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) chief has issued a letter of encouragement to Kachin people who have been displaced by clashes. The letter dated April 28 [...]
Situation Report on Military Activity in KNLA Territory | April 26, 2018 According to reports from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) 7th Brigade, the Myanmar Tatmadaw (MT or the Myanmar Army) Military Operation Command 223 ordered LIBs 204, [...]
By Nyein Nyein | The Irrawaddy | April 27, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Formal peace talks between the government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have made progress, with the two sides agreeing to create a mechanism [...]
Documentary by Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | April 25, 2018 On March 4th, the Burma Army began the largest and most coordinated deployment of troops into Karen State’s Mutraw (Hpapun) district since 2008. More than 1,500 Burma Army [...]
Kachinland News | April 26, 2018 It is learned that a BA jet fighter attacked KIA 1st Brigade and 4th Battalion HQ on April 25, around 3:30 pm. Clashes occurred when BA troops marching up from Mile 16 Zup [...]
Kachinland News | April 25, 2018 Kachinland News conducted a phone interview with Col. Nhpang Naw Bu, head of KIO Information Department, on April 24, 2018. KLN: The Burma Army’s offensive in the western region has intensified after April 11. What [...]
By Kimberley Pillipps / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 25, 2018 The launch of a report by a Karen human rights organisation critical of the Burmese military’s conduct was blocked in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Wednesday after two [...]