Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 24, 2017 Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has held a meeting with representatives of the various ethnic armed groups that are signatories to the country’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). According to [...]
Northern Alliance (Burma) | January 23, 2017 No. 1/2017 Date: 23 January 2017 At the invitation of H.E. Mr. Sun Guoxiang, Special Envoy of Asian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affair of China, on 19 January 2017, our [...]
Mizzima | January 21, 2017 On the 2nd anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Myanmar, the NGO Burma Campaign UK marked the anniversary by delivering a petition and campaign postcards to the British [...]
Mizzima | January 21, 2017 The United Nations has released Ms Yanghee Lee's end of mission statement following her 12-day visit to Myanmar, a visit with special focus on rights in the Rakhine and Kachin states. Her speech was [...]
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | January 20, 2017 Events have been held to mark the second anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers, Maran Lu Ra (20) and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin (21) of [...]
By Nang Mya Nadi / DVB | January 19, 2017 An ethnic Tai-Leng, or “Red Shan,” schoolteacher was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the murder of a fellow Red Shan man [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 19, 2017 Burmese government forces say they have captured three bases from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), including its local base command in Bhamo District, southern Kachin State. According to yesterday’s report [...]
By: Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 18, 2017 Lately, the military bloc’s supporter, obviously made up of Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) members, former and active soldiers in civil and sympathizers have staged demonstration [...]
The Irrawaddy | January 17, 2017 Following the first meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in August, fighting intensified in northeastern Burma, and negotiations between the government and the ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) stalled. [...]
Free Burma Rangers | January 18, 2017 In August 2016 the Burma Army began a major escalation of operations in northern Burma, Kachin State, with daily attacks against Gidon and Lai Hpawng posts in Waingmaw Township. The purpose of this offensive is [...]