By Mark Farmaner/Karen News | October 29, 2017 This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement. The 8th of August 1988 is remembered for the nationwide protests and crackdown which followed. Troops opened fire on civilians, [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint & Nyein Nyein/The Irrawaddy | October 27, 2017 YANGON – The Myanmar government will provide food supplies for internally displaced persons (IDPs) if requested, said U Zaw Htay, director-general of the State Counselor Office. Leaders [...]
By Hein Ko Soe / Frontier Myanmar | October 27, 2017 YANGON - Ethnic minority researchers have called on the government to halt and review planned natural resource extraction projects in minority areas to avoid further conflicts with communities. [...]
Mizzima News | October 21, 2017 The Asia Foundation has carried out a year-long study that analyzes roots and patterns of armed conflict in Myanmar, development trends in conflict-affected areas, and impact of foreign aid on conflict and peace-building, [...]
Progressive Voice | October 18, 2017 A new report by the UN Human Rights Office based on interviews with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that fled the latest Myanmar[1] Army crackdown reaffirms the reports from media and human rights organizations of terrible suffering [...]
By Radio Free Asia | October 6, 2017 An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has abducted about 40 villagers from Waingmaw township in Myitkyina district, the latest incident in the multiethnic country’s ongoing struggles with rebel [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 3, 2017 YANGON – Fifty-six-year-old father-of-two Bran Li is a former village administrator of Gang Dau Yang village in Waingmaw Township of resource-rich Kachin State. He has been sheltering, for the [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald News | October 4, 2017 With the aim to forge a common policy, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held a stakeholders’ meeting for four days from September 27 to 30, where 15 ethnic political [...]
By Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 25, 2017 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Tanai Township will face a shortage of rations by the end of this month, aid workers say. To date, [...]
Progressive Voice Myanmar (PV)| September 21, 2017 The crisis in Rakhine State needs international action, not only to stop the campaign of terror inflicted upon innocent civilians, but also in the form of humanitarian aid for the 410,000 people [...]