Skirmishes Continue in Western and Southeastern Kachin State, Locals Forced to Serve as Guides For Burmese Army

By Naming Gam / Kachinland News | August 30, 2017 Skirmishes continue between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese army troops in western and southeastern Kachin State. A battle took place between KIA’s 14th Battalion troops and and Burmese [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:34+07:00August 30th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burma Army Raids Kasung Village

By Free Burma Rangers | August 28, 2017 Kasung Village Map On August 11th the Burma Army launched an unprovoked attack against civilians in Kasung Village, west of Myitkyina, Kachin State. At 1100 Burma Army soldiers began [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:35+07:00August 29th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns

Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 28, 2017 Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns (Part I) Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three part series to be featured [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:35+07:00August 29th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Karen IDPs Suffer Food Shortages As Clashes Rage Nearby

By Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 28, 2017 Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Myine Gyi Ngu camp in Karen State are living with increased food shortages since clashes broke out in recent days between [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:37+07:00August 29th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Kasung IDPs Return Home, Church Money Robbed by Burmese Army Troops

By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 24, 2017 The Kasung and Zup Mai Yang IDPs who had recently been taking shelter in Lambraw Yang reportedly returned to their respective villages on August 22 evening, the KLN has [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:38+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Northern Ethnic Armed Bloc Makes Peace Conference Overture

By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 25, 2017 The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the next iteration of the [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:39+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burma: A New Ethnic Nationality Pro-Democracy Resistance

By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | August 26, 2017 Bigotry, the conviction that a group bears collective guilt for a perceived offense, can have many foundations. These include differences in skin color, ethnicity, and religious belief. For the [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:41+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

NMSP Sets A Timeline For Deciding On The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement

By Yin Chai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 25, 2017 An ethnic armed group has set a three-month clock on deciding whether or not to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to an official. The New Mon [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:42+07:00August 25th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

88 Generation Barred From Delivering Rice To IDPs

By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 22, 2017 The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) said it has been prevented from delivering sacks of rice to ethnic Lisu people living in a camp [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:45+07:00August 23rd, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Tatmadaw Must Change Its Attitude To Ensure Fighting Stops: TNLA Official

By Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 22, 2017 Fighting will not end until the Tatmadaw changes its attitude, an official from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said over the weekend during an ethnic coalition’s summit in northern Shan [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:46+07:00August 22nd, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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