Burma: A Reality Check
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | June 11, 2017 Burma has now had its third peace conference. The first, in January 2016, was organized by former President Thein Sein, who to this day is also a top general in [...]
Karen Community Claims Suu Kyi’s Canada Trip Fails to Address War, Displacement, Refugees or Militarization
Karen News | June 13, 2017 As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s State Counsellor, concluded her Canadian tour in Toronto, members of the Karen community claimed she failed to discuss the countries armed conflict, displacement, refugees or the [...]
Workers Abandon Kachin Mines Due to Military Threat
Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 12, 2017 Hundreds of workers and their families have abandoned the gold and amber mines in Tanai, northern Kachin State, following threats from the Burmese military, which air-dropped leaflets [...]
‘Support the Ethnic Education System’: Saw Klee K’Paw, EIP Headmaster
Burma Link | June 13, 2017 As a child, Saw Klee K’Paw’s education didn’t come easy. He studied in his village until grade 4 when fighting broke out in his village and he and his family had to flee. [...]
Six Years Since Resumption of Civil War in Kachin
Kachin Global Action Statement | June 9, 2017 Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled, [...]
Zipporah Sein Questions KNU’s Commitment to Accord
By Naw Doreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 9, 2017 A rival faction of the Karen National Union (KNU) has expressed skepticism over the Karen leadership’s agreement to a so-called “Union Accord” at the second session [...]
Six-Year Battle With No End in Sight
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 9, 2017 RANGOON — Since September 2011 to date, fighting has been on and off in Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Burma, particularly in Waingmaw, Mansi, Tanai, [...]
UPDATE: Kachin IDPs Once Again Prove Their Resiliency
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | June 8, 2017 Kachin State, Burma Due to heavy fighting and military offensives conducted by the Burma Army into Kachin Independence Army (KIA) held areas, especially since August 2016, the lives of thousands of IDPs [...]
Burmese Army Seized KIA’s Mai Sak Post, 3 Civilians Injured In Mortar Attacks
Kachinland News (KLN) | June 5, 2017 About 50 soldiers from Burmese army’s 126th Light Infantry Regiment launched an attack on KIA 14th Battalion’s Mai Sak Post in Danai Township on June 3 at around 5:30 am. KIA sources [...]
‘If the Policy to Govern Their Own [Ethnic] States Is Given, I Believe That the Road to Peace Will Be upon Us’: Kayan Student and Activist
Burma Link| June 6, 2017 Khun Tu Tu Lay is an ethnic Kayan student who comes from the central headquarters of Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the main ethnic Kayan armed actor, in the Karenni State. Although KNLP had [...]