Burma Link | February 1, 2017 Karen Revolution Day was celebrated in a number of locations along the border area and inside Burma. One of the celebrations took place at the Karen National Defense Organisation (KNDO) General Headquarters in [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 30, 2017 U Ko Ni, a National League for Democracy (NLD) legal adviser, who was also a patron of the recently formed Myanmar Muslim Lawyers Association, was shot and [...]
By Benedict Rogers / Mizzima | January 30, 2017 Yesterday’s horrific assassination of U Ko Ni is a severe blow to the prospects for peace and democracy in Myanmar, as well as of course a tragedy for his family. [...]
Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) | January 31, 2017 General Headquarters, Kawthoolei 1. Today, January 31, 2017 is the 68th Anniversary of Karen Revolution Day, which may be termed more precisely as the Karen Revolutionary Resistance Day. Sixty-eight years ago, power-mad, [...]
Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | January 27, 2017 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Central Executive Committee emergency meeting was held from January 23 to 25, 2017 at a location on the Thai-Burma border. At the [...]
Mizzima | January 29, 2017 A prominent lawyer and legal advisor of Myanmar's ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon's international airport on Sunday, officials said. Ko Ni, a member of Aung San Suu [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 27, 2017 Why is it so hard for the Tatmadaw to accept all-inclusive participation of all the ethnic armies that have been its adversaries or enemies? Isn’t making [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | January 27, 2017 Burmese army troops belonging to 86th Light Infantry Battalion(LIB) have forcibly been confiscating civilian homes in Du Kawng quarter in Danai township in western Kachin state since January 26, [...]
Joint Strategy Team | January 25, 2017 Intense fighting continues in Kachin State between the Myanmar Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw)and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Recent fighting in late December 2016 and early January 2017 in Nagyang area has [...]
By Wunna Kwanyo / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 26, 2017 Locals in Arakan State’s Minbya Township say Tatmadaw troops have been raiding their homes and questioning villagers for alleged ties to the Arakan Army, which is [...]