By Min Thu Tha / Mon News Agency | July 11, 2017 Too many disparate factions are crowding the peace negotiations, according to the head of an ethnic umbrella organization. Nai Hong Sar, chair of the United Nationalities Federal Council [...]
Burma Link | July 10, 2017 Twan Zaw has been working with the Arakan National Council (ANC) since 2004, and as the General Secretary since 2010. Twan Zaw joined the ANC as one of the representatives of the All [...]
United Nations Federal Council (Union of Burma) | June 29, 2017 The Second Congress of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) was held from June 20 to 29 in Chiangmai, Thailand. In holding the first part of the Congress [...]
By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | July 3, 2017 The civil war which continues to rage in Kachin State has been going on for six years. The conflict started on 9 June2011, and since then a ceasefire has not [...]
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News | June 21, 2017 As the debate over the success or failure of the third Union Peace Conference (UPC), which is now renamed Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC–21CP), in relation [...]
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, [...]
Burma Link| June 5, 2017 Padoh David Tharckabaw joined the resistance movement nearly seven decades ago when he was only 14 years old. Due to his young age, Padoh David joined without the knowledge of his parents and had [...]
Ethnic Nationalities Affair Center (ENAC) | May 24, 2017 ENAC Briefing No. 20 The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong will convene in Naypyidaw today thru May 28, 2017. Representatives of the government, parliament, Tatmadaw, political parties, and [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 23, 2017 The Myanmar government has invited three ethnic armed groups previously denied permission by the army to attend the second session on Wednesday of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s key [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | May 23, 2017 The Central Executive Committee meeting (extended) of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) was held from May 22 to 23. The meeting discussed the future work programs, including the current [...]