By Thet Su Aung / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 19, 2018 A Myanmar NGO has sent a letter to the head of the war-torn Kachin state government calling for the rescue of civilians trapped in a battle [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 18, 2018 Thirty-six political prisoners were among a total of 8,490 inmates released yesterday from jails across the country as a traditional gesture of amnesty by the president to [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 16, 2018 Armed clashes between Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) have left about 2,000 ethnic Kachin villagers homeless in Tanai Township as they abandoned their [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Residents who have been displaced by the fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) will return [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, has denied wrongdoing in the killing of a man in Ler Mu Plaw area, Papun district, Karen State, claiming he was [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | April 10, 2018 YANGON — Nearly a month since the latest round of fighting broke out between two ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, displaced families have yet to return [...]
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Some schools in the Kayin (Karen) refugee camps are facing difficulties to continue teaching in upcoming years due to lack of funding, according [...]
Karen Enviroment and Social Action Network (KESAN) | April 9, 2018 Indigenous Karen people of Mutraw and staff of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) are mourning the loss of one of their most committed land protectors, [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 10, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) say they have agreed to hold formal talks to improve relations later this month in Loikaw, [...]
By Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 9, 2018 An ethnic Ta’ang militia operating in Myanmar's war-torn northern Shan state conducted recent searches for illegal drugs, but did not kidnap villagers and demand payments from [...]