Karen News | September 2, 2016 Funding cuts have decreased food rations, negatively impacted already weakened health care and education systems, and a resettlement process has taken many in community leadership roles before replacements can be adequately trained. Refugees feel [...]
Burma Link | September 2, 2016 Tar Parn La, Head of Foreign Department of the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA), commented to Burma Link about the PSLF/TNLA’s absence in the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) that [...]
By Amrita Dey / Myanmar Times | August 30, 2016 Newly democratic Myanmar is all set to launch its 21st-century Panglong Conference on August 31. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed that her government is keen [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 2, 2016 Nine delegates from Myanmar’s most powerful armed ethnic group walked out of peace negotiations on Thursday because of an apparent mix-up regarding badges, causing a minor glitch in the government’s efforts to [...]
Burma News International (BMI) | August 1, 2016 The Nationalities Ethnic Youth Alliance (NEYA) was invited to attend today’s Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference) only as observers. Mai Mai, a member of NEYA, said that [...]
Burma News International (BMI) | August 1, 2016 Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has cancelled plans to attend the Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference) because he said it wasn’t [...]
By Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2016 RANGOON —113 Burmese civil society groups have demanded that the Burma Army halt offensives against ethnic armed groups, and that a ceasefire be mutually agreed before the 21st Century [...]
By Nang May Nadi/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 31, 2016 The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) has released a statement, clarifying that its representatives will attend the Union Peace Conference set to kick off tomorrow in Naypyidaw, but only as [...]
Kachinland News | August 30, 2016 Battles rage in Kachin and northern Shan State as ethnic leaders arrive in Myanmar’s new capital Naypyitaw for the opening session of 21st Panglong Conference. KIA’s 9th Battalion troops under 4th Brigade on [...]
Free Burma Rangers | August 30, 2016 The conflict in Kachin state continues to escalate in Kachin State and Northern Shan State. Clashes and infantry assaults backed by mortar attacks are now a daily occurrence, and civilians are frequently [...]