By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2018 YANGON — Khin Myat Moe is a 4-year-old ethnic Palaung girl born in Nansang in northern Shan State. In January, her mother brought her to a Buddhist nunnery [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | October 25, 2018 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought with combined troops of Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) on October 23 in the evening near [...]
World Kachin Congress (WKC) | October 22, 2018 We, members of the World Kachin Congress, a network of Kachin communities and organizations around the world, demand that the Burma Army's Northern Regional Command immediately drop criminal defamation charges against [...]
Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) | October 21, 2018 1. On October 17, 2018 Burma Army’s (Tatmadaw) Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 428 left its base in Mawchi in order to conduct area clearances. On its way, LIB 428 arbitrarily [...]
By Ei Ei Toe Lwin and Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | October 23, 2018 General Yawd Serk, chair of the powerful armed ethnic group Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army - South (RCSS) talks about the future of [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 22, 2018 YANGON — Villagers in Shan State afraid of the potential environmental fallout from a planned coal mine say they have submitted petitions to local authorities urging them to cancel [...]
Kantarawaddy Times／BNI Online | October 22, 2018 A skirmish broke out between the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Tatmadaw in Nan Kit Village of Hpaswang Township in the Kayah State on Saturday morning (October 20). “We have [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 18, 2018 The PNLO’s Col Khun Okkar says that the fighting occurred because of a lack of communication channels, describing it as ‘attacking and defending.’ Fighting occurred between the Restoration Council [...]
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Progressive Voice / ALTSEAN-Burma | October 18, 2018 In March 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, expressed concern that the peace process was [...]
By Salai SH Lian and Ko Thang / Frontier Myanmar | October 19, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s decision to revoke protection for Chin refugees is not informed by a sincere assessment of conditions for return in Chin State. ON [...]