By Kyaw Lin Htoon / Frontier Myanmar | October 22, 2018 Most – but not all – militia groups in Muse Township are involved in illegal activities that include running gambling dens and brothels. AT THE entrance to a [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 15, 2018 Chaos reigned in northern Shan State in September. A Burma Army commander threatened to kill everyone in Na Leng Village, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and its armed wing, [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have been defending northern Shan State against [...]
By Kyaw Myo / The Irrawaddy | September 7, 2018 YANGON—Proposals that the Union Parliament and Lower House take urgent steps to de-escalate fighting in ethnic regions in order to protect civilians were rejected for debate, said Nan Kham [...]
By Hom Heim / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | August 20, 2018 The clashes took place in Mong Yaw for two hours on Friday morning. Gunfire was exchanged between soldiers from the Burma Army and members of [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | August 14, 2018 Although the Tatmadaw and the Northern Alliance had originally agreed to meet within these days, the meeting has been postponed, an ethnic leader said. “In the past, I heard [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | July 26, 2018 Kachin State and Northern Shan State, Burma TNLA Medics Brutalized and Killed According to a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) report, the Burma Army captured, tortured, raped, and killed six Ta’ang National Liberation [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | March 14, 2018 A member of the government’s Peace Commission has said the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), the latter also known as the “Mongla group,” accept [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | December 15, 2017 As 2017 comes to an end the ethnic armed conflict that have plagued the country for decades seems to be escalating, rather than reducing. The related ongoing peace [...]
Angshuman Choudhury / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 30, 2017 On 11-12 November, a delegation of senior government officials led by the Union Minister for Border Affairs, Lieutenant-General Ye Aung, met with members of Burma’s largest ethnic armed organisation [...]