Kachinland News | January 23, 2018 On Jan 21, Burmese army troops fired several mortar rounds on Tingkawk village, located on Ledo road between Myitkyina and Danai in western Kachin state, following a battle with KIA troops. A mortar [...]
Joint Strategy Team | January 23, 2018 Fresh fighting between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) recently took place in Sumprabum and Hpakan township in Kachin State. Since 19 January 2018, there have [...]
Mizzima | January 24, 2018 Two more ethnic armed groups, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), have agreed to sign the government's Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) soon, Xinhua reported on 23 January citing a [...]
By Chan Thar / Myanmar Times | January 22, 2018 A military tribunal has sentenced six Tatmadaw troops, including four officers, to 10 years imprisonment after they were found guilty in the killing of three villagers in Mansi township in [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | January 22, 2018 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) spokesman Maj. Tak Aik Kyaw confirmed to Mizzima that troops of Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and TNLA have been fighting near Kaik Tai [...]
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Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | January 19, 2018 Bangkok, 19 January 2018, 15:00: On Tuesday 16 January, the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments reached agreement around the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled military violence earlier last year. [...]
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | January 19, 2018 The Burma Human Rights Network is calling for an investigation into the killing of nine ethnic Rakhine protesters in Rakhine State’s Mrauk U Township. Protests began after authorities canceled celebrations [...]
By Htun Khaing / Frontier Myanmar | January 19, 2018 Being displaced by conflict was bad enough, but now villagers in Kachin State are worried they will not be able to farm land when they eventually return home. COMPANIES [...]
Frontier Myanmar | January 18, 2018 The government runs the risk of ceding so much control to the Tatmadaw that it simply becomes irrelevant to the peace process. THE NEXT 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is supposed to [...]