By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | April 13, 2016 The National League for Democracy now has legitimate government power. Its agenda will soon turn to resolving the civil war that has plagued Burma for over sixty-five years. To accomplish this, [...]
Saw Yan Naing, The Irrawaddy | April 7, 2016 Burma’s long-established ethnic Karen armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), has been preparing land and shelter for the possible return of civilians displaced internally and on the Thai-Burma border [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 2, 2016. As Burma’s first civilian government in half a century took office this week, conflict remains ongoing in the country’s largest state. Burma’s military known as the Tatmadaw, has clashed [...]
Aik Sai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 2, 2016. Seven ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) have agreed to join defenses unless their aggressors cease attacks against ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, according to a statement released [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | March 23, 2016. Since the beginning of the first week of March, Burmese army troops escalated their presence in villages across northern Shan State. Villagers in Kutkai, Theinni, Nam San, Kyauk Me, Nam Kham, and [...]
S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | March 17, 2016. A coalition of Karen environmental community based groups, the Karen River Watch, joined with local villagers to protest the building of hydro-power dams on the Salween River. The protesters called [...]
Press release by Burma Link | March 16, 2016 (March 16, 2016) Today, Burma Link launches a book, Lives on the Line: Voices for Change from the Thailand-Burma Border, in English and Burmese. The book brings stories of Burma’s [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | March 9, 2016. Daily battles continue to rage between Burmese Army and ethnic armies such as KIA, TNLA, and MNDAA (Kokang) in northern Shan State as the time to transfer power to NLD-led government is [...]
This is a gallery of images from the 69th Anniversary of Mon National Day celebrations held in the New Mon State Party (NMSP) / Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) controlled Panan Pone in south eastern Burma on February 24th [...]
Statement by Women's League of Burma (WLB) | March 4, 2016 WLB urges new NLD-led government, and donors, to start afresh with the peace process. The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned at the recent fighting in [...]