Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 2, 2016 Nine delegates from Myanmar’s most powerful armed ethnic group walked out of peace negotiations on Thursday because of an apparent mix-up regarding badges, causing a minor glitch in the government’s efforts to [...]
Burma News International (BMI) | August 1, 2016 The Nationalities Ethnic Youth Alliance (NEYA) was invited to attend today’s Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference) only as observers. Mai Mai, a member of NEYA, said that [...]
Burma News International (BMI) | August 1, 2016 Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has cancelled plans to attend the Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference) because he said it wasn’t [...]
By Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2016 RANGOON —113 Burmese civil society groups have demanded that the Burma Army halt offensives against ethnic armed groups, and that a ceasefire be mutually agreed before the 21st Century [...]
By Nang May Nadi/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 31, 2016 The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) has released a statement, clarifying that its representatives will attend the Union Peace Conference set to kick off tomorrow in Naypyidaw, but only as [...]
Kachinland News | August 30, 2016 Battles rage in Kachin and northern Shan State as ethnic leaders arrive in Myanmar’s new capital Naypyitaw for the opening session of 21st Panglong Conference. KIA’s 9th Battalion troops under 4th Brigade on [...]
Free Burma Rangers | August 30, 2016 The conflict in Kachin state continues to escalate in Kachin State and Northern Shan State. Clashes and infantry assaults backed by mortar attacks are now a daily occurrence, and civilians are frequently [...]
The Karen Times | August 30, 2016 It is commonly agreed by experts, political analysts, ethnic communities and foreign leaders that federalism will be the best political system in Burma to resolve the country’s decades old armed conflict between [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | August 29, 2016 The UNFC has announced that it will attend the upcoming Burma peace conference. I have previously presented reasons for boycotting the conference, but there is a good argument for [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 29, 2016 To facilitate economic growth in the border towns of Mae Sot and Myawaddy, as well as the rest of Thailand and Myanmar, a new section of the Asian Highway from Thin [...]