By Mon News Agency (MNA) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 8, 2017 In a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the Mon revolution, the New Mon State Party said on August 7 that peace cannot be achieved [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 7, 2017 Amid efforts to entice more ethnic armed groups into the fold of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Karen National Union shared its peace process experiences with [...]
By Radio Free Asia | August 7, 2017 Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi held a public roundtable meeting on the country’s peace process in a Mandalay region village on Monday, though residents used the opportunity to [...]
By Joe Kembun / The Irrawaddy | August 4, 2017 The Myanmar Army has shown—evermore visibly and publicly—that it is strengthening its forces. Recently, Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing toured Japan, India, Russia, Israel, Pakistan and Europe—in many cases [...]
By Mary Win / Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (Union of Burma) | August 3, 2017 After a wave of resignations, especially of bulwark member Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), most observers thought the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) might not [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 4, 2017 Monthly rations of international aid to the Ee Tu Hta camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Papun District, Karen State, will stop at the end [...]
By Mizzima News | August 3, 2017 The United Nations needs to insist on its ability to carry out a mandated fact-finding mission on Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, releasing a series of questions and answers on the [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 3, 2017 Looking at the ongoing peace process one couldn’t help but to conclude that it is indeed entering a period of stagnation and State Counselor Aung [...]
By Edith Mirante / The Irrawaddy | August 2, 2017 The Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s armed forces—should withdraw its bases from ethnic regions where its presence continues to be linked to human rights violations and resource grabbing. Troop withdrawal is not to [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 2, 2017 Karen activists and aid workers are trying to drum up last-minute support for a shelter of internally displaced persons, before it runs out of funding [...]