October 2018
Kachin Leaders to Govt: IDPs Cannot Return Home Before Peace Is Restored
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 29, 2018 The sentiments follow State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to internally displaced people’s camps in Kachin State. Kachin community leaders say that conditions still [...]
No Deals on Secession, Military Integration Without Consent of Shan People: RCSS
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 26, 2018 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) would never consider integrating its forces into the Myanmar military or disavow its right to secede from the [...]
Hundreds Flee Fighting Between RCSS, Two Northern Alliance Members
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 26, 2018 YANGON—Nearly 750 residents of Mong Yin village in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township have fled fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army [...]
Young Palaung War Victims Flock to Yangon Nunneries for Education, Safety
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 [...]
RCSS and Combined Troops of TNLA SSPP Clash near Hsipaw Loi Lam Mountain
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 [...]
RCSS General Yawd Serk Worries of More Conflict If Peace Talks Fail
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 [...]
Villagers in Shan State Petition Govt to Cancel Coal Mine Plans
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 [...]
Skirmish Breaks out Between KNPP, Tatmadaw
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 [...]
‘Unintentional’ Clashes Break out Between RCSS, PNLO in Southern Shan State
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 [...]
Chin State Is Not ‘Stable and Secure’
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 [...]