September 2018
UPDJC Secretaries Hold Informal Roundtable Discussion
Mon News Agency / BNI Online | September 24, 2018 An informal roundtable discussion of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC)’s secretaries was held for two days in Naypyidaw. The two-day roundtable discussion was [...]
Fighting Rages in Western Myanmar Border
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 24, 2018 Fighting is raging between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) in Paletwa Township in western Myanmar border. The Arakan Army announced that a clash broke out [...]
Four Northern Shan State Men Missing After Alleged Abduction by Armed Group
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 21, 2018 The men, who range in age from 19 to 23, were working on the Shan-China border to earn money for their [...]
Mine Blast Killed One, Injured One in Pang Hseng
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 21, 2018 A woman was killed in a mine blast in Nam-tawng Village of Pang-hseng (Kyu Koke) under Muse Township, northern Shan State at around 3 pm [...]
Most of Seized Lands Aren’t Paid Compensation Under Development Projects, KHRG Says
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 No compensation has been given to most of the villagers whose lands have been seized for development projects in southeastern [...]
Rakhine Youths Protest in Front of Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo, for Immediate Release of Dr Aye Maung, Ko Wai Hin Aung
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 Around 50 Rakhine youths staged a protest in front of Myanmar embassy in Tokyo, Japan on September 19 to demand the immediate release of Dr Aye Maung [...]
Ethnic Armed Groups Discuss Peace Process Participation
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 20, 2018 Ethnic armed groups held a two-day meeting in Laiza, Kachin State, at the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to discuss how they could cooperate [...]
Rights Group Blasts Police Inaction over Rape of 14-Year-Old IDP
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 19, 2018 A rights group has reported that the police in Nam Hpat Kar, a town in Kutkai Township near the Chinese border, have still not taken [...]
Thousands Protest Woman’s Abduction by Armed Group in Shan State
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | September 17, 2018 MANDALAY — Thousands of people protested in Shan State on Monday to demand that the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) release an ethnic Shan [...]
Tatmadaw’s LIB-539 Runs Rock Quarry on Land Released by Ministry of Defence
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 18, 2018 Although the Ministry of Defence has released 120 acres of land that belongs to the residents of Pyaung Seik, Pyaing Chaung, and Oke Taung Pyin villages under [...]