October 2018
AKO Supports Efforts to Refer Tatmadaw to ICC
By Saw Kyaw Khwee / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | October 1, 2018 The Australian Karen Organization (AKO) said it supports the efforts to urge the UN to refer the Tatmadaw to the [...]
Civic Groups, Villagers Want Myanmar to Drop Controversial Dam Project
By Kyaw Thu / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 1, 2018 Civil society organizations and local residents have called on the Myanmar government to cancel the U.S. $3.6 billion Chinese-financed Myitsone Dam on the [...]
TNLA, Tatmadaw Engage in Two Days of Clashes Near Muse
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 1, 2018 Fighting broke out between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) in Muse and Kukai townships in northern Shan State over [...]
To Advance Peace Process, Gov’t Urged to Build a Union All Groups Want to Join
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 28, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—To resolve the current standoff over the issue of non-secession, observers of the peace process urged the government at a stakeholders meeting in [...]
Bogyoke Statue Project’s Underway in Htantlang Despite Objections
By Khup Khup / Chin World / BNI Online | September 28, 2018 Local authorities are carrying out a project to erect a statue of Bogyoke Aung San at a cost of Ks 7 million [...]
September 2018
Ethnic Army Detains Pastors, Students in Myanmar’s Shan State
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 27, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army has recently detained almost 100 Christian pastors and conscripted bible students into its ranks as fighters in self-declared autonomous areas bordering China and [...]
Arakan Youth Association – Japan Denounces Re-Arrest of Eight Mrauk-U Youths
By Soe Zan Aung (Toungup) / Narinjara / BNI Online | September 27, 2018 The Arakan Youth Association – Japan has denounced the government for re-arresting eight Mrauk-U youths after they served their sentence for [...]
Arakan Army Clashes with Tatmadaw in Chin State
Network Media Group / BNI Online | September 26, 2018 Following the fighting, Arakanese men have been detained near the Indian border under the suspicion of having ties to the AA. Recent clashes have [...]
Ethnic Armed Group Claims Govt Offered Timber Deal to Sign NCA
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 25, 2018 Mon State — A leader of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) says the government will let it transport 5,000 tons of logged timber currently stuck [...]
Eight Arakanese Re-Arrested after Completing Sentence for Mrauk-U Protest
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | September 25, 2018 YANGON—Eight Arakanese freed by a Sittwe court on Monday after spending months in detention for participating in a protest in Mrauk-U in were abruptly re-arrested [...]