Press Release by Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) | January 9, 2017 MUTRAW DISTRICT, Karen State, Myanmar – The Salween Peace Park, an indigenous Karen landscape conservation initiative dedicated to the conservation of bio-cultural and ecological diversity [...]
Statement by Naga National Council (NNC) | January 6, 2017 The Nagas had been living in this land “Nagaland” since thousands of years. The Nagas knew nothing about Burmans and Indians and neither did the Burmans and Indianns know [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 9, 2017 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army - one of the armed groups engaged in ongoing fighting with the Tatmadaw - has slammed the new government’s guidance of the peace process as “ineffectual”. The [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 9, 2017 The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, began a 12-day visit to Burma on Monday amid growing concerns about the conduct of security forces in northern Arakan [...]
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 7, 2017 As 2017 begins, speculation and assessment on which way Burma’s political wind might be blowing becomes an important task to determine for stakeholders and opinion-makers alike, in order [...]
Shan Herald Agency for news (S.H.A.N.) | January 5, 2016 Dozens of expatriate Kachin people staged a protest today in front of the Burmese consulate in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, calling for a cessation to the [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 6, 2017 Burma had the unenviable distinction of being listed among Syria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as hosting 10 “conflicts to watch” in 2017, as compiled by Jean-Marie Guéhenno [...]
By Ei Ei Toe Lwin / Myanmar Times | January 6, 2017 Fighting in the north and the west and a widespread acknowledgement of deep-seated military and economic difficulties are clouding hopes that 2017 will be the year of peace [...]
Burma Link | January 6, 2017 Two decades ago, Mae Lay left everything behind and fled a major Burma Army attack around Kyaik Hto in his Karen homeland. Together with hundreds of other civilians, he ran for his life, [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 5, 2017 Ongoing hostilities between Burmese government forces and ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State’s Mantong Township have compelled some 1,300 civilians to flee their homes since the beginning of [...]