By Sai Wansai | May 18, 2017 Within these few days a lot of political maneuvering have been going on, like Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Wa National Organization (WNO) resignation from United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC); Karenni National Progressive [...]
By Waguru Mon / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 10, 2017 When a truck crashed through a Thanbyuzayat traffic circle last month, destroying a golden Sheldrake sculpture, many Mon people saw their feelings of persecution embodied. The Sheldrake is [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 16, 2017 The eight armed groups that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have urged the Burmese government to facilitate “national-level political discussions” in Shan and Arakan states to allow the [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 13, 2017 Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between members of the Northern Alliance – [...]
By Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy | May 11, 2017 RANGOON — Refugees from Burma who were repatriated from Thailand to commercial capital Rangoon late last year have settled into their housing arrangements on the outskirts of the [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 11, 2017 Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military. A local source who wished to [...]
By Ko Aung / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) / May 11, 2017 The Arakan National Party (ANP) has announced that its decision on whether or not to participate in the 21st Century Panglong Conference’s second round will be [...]
By Angshuman Choudhury / The Irrawaddy | May 12, 2017 Less than a month before the commencement of the second 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), the Union government of Myanmar faces an unprecedented situation. Both the Kachin Independence Organization [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) / May 10, 2017 The peace process that is scheduled to pick up again on May 24, known as Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), now seems [...]
By MNA / BNI Online | May 9, 2017 In a large shakeup that could spell trouble for the peace process, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIA) and the Wa National Army (WNA) have resigned from the powerful ethnic bloc, the [...]