Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 12, 2017 Hundreds of workers and their families have abandoned the gold and amber mines in Tanai, northern Kachin State, following threats from the Burmese military, which air-dropped leaflets [...]
Kachin Global Action Statement | June 9, 2017 Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled, [...]
By Naw Doreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 9, 2017 A rival faction of the Karen National Union (KNU) has expressed skepticism over the Karen leadership’s agreement to a so-called “Union Accord” at the second session [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 9, 2017 RANGOON — Since September 2011 to date, fighting has been on and off in Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Burma, particularly in Waingmaw, Mansi, Tanai, [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | June 8, 2017 Kachin State, Burma Due to heavy fighting and military offensives conducted by the Burma Army into Kachin Independence Army (KIA) held areas, especially since August 2016, the lives of thousands of IDPs [...]
The Karen National Union Concerned Group | June 8, 2017 1. The signing of a Union Accord as the outcome of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference, which was convened from 24-29 May 2017, has caused very serious concern [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | June 5, 2017 About 50 soldiers from Burmese army’s 126th Light Infantry Regiment launched an attack on KIA 14th Battalion’s Mai Sak Post in Danai Township on June 3 at around 5:30 am. KIA sources [...]
Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 2, 2017 Burma’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ohn Win told parliament on Wednesday that a controversial coalmining project in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State, [...]
Sa Isue / Karen News | June 1, 2017 The Karen National Union’s Mutraw District office released a statement supporting the demands of the displaced villagers living on the banks of the Salween River. The KNU statement said that [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) / Burma News International (BNI) | May 31, 2017 At least one ethnic political party is fuming after an accord was signed last week at the closing of peace talks that were poorly attended. The [...]