Myanmar Times | January 5, 2017 Fighting has occurred in the north of the country every day since the New Year, with clashes occurring in half a dozen locations, including an attack on an army convoy and the use [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | January 3, 2017 A Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) splinter group led by Col. San Aung joined forces with the Northern Alliance in northern Shan State while seven of its soldiers surrendered [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 4, 2017 A New Year’s Day meeting with Burma’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi fell flat when several ethnic representatives chose not to attend, while others expressed dissatisfaction at the [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | December 28, 2016 Burmese army fighter jets carried out three separate bombing raids on KIA’s Lai Hpawng Post, Mai Saw Post and Sama Krung from 9:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. on [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | January 4, 2017 In one northern Shan State township fresh waves of displacement are being driven by a looming threat of heavy artillery, while nearby, thousands of IDPs have returned home [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | December 27, 2016 Looting, arbitrary arrest, torture, forced labour by Burma Army in Muse, northern Shan State Looting, damage of villagers’ houses by Burma Army ID 33 troops in Pang Hsai, northern Shan [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 2, 2017 This year Aung San Suu Kyi’s close aide and trusted friend Htin Kyaw, whom she has installed as the President, took the responsibility to convey [...]
Karen News | January 1, 2017 The Karen National Union 16th Congress vote, scheduled for March 2017, is looking like one of the most critical elections the KNU has held. Observers note that the outcome will decide which KNU [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 22, 2016 At least 3,000 villagers who fled their homes in Shan State’s Kyaukme District to escape the fighting between Shan and Ta’ang militias are currently taking shelter in the towns of [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | December 23, 2016 A mass grave containing the remains of 18 Mung Lung villagers including a two-year-old boy has been discovered in a forest near Mung Lung Nam Hkye Ho village in Mongkoe area on [...]