By Mizzima | May 11, 2016 On 7-8 May 2016, an estimated 1,600 people left their villages in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships in Shan State following heightened tensions between armed groups in the area, according to the United Nations [...]
By Kachinland News (KLN) | May 10, 2016 Fierce fighting continues between KIA’s 6th Battalion troops and a combined force of Burmese army troops from 102nd Light Infantry Battalion (LIB), 472nd Light Infantry Regiment (LIR), 388th LIR, 389th LIR [...]
Statement by News and Information Department PSLF/TNLA | May 7, 2016 A battle took place on May 6 between the TNLA and RCSS/SSA troops at Ho-pan village near Man-wun village of Namt Kham Township. The intruded RCSS/SSA camp on the hill [...]
By Sai Aw/Shan Herald News Agency (SHAN) | May 9, 2016 A coalition of nine groups in Namkham Township on Sunday put out a statement condemning the Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF), who they hold responsible [...]
By Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | May 9, 2016 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) have repeatedly clashed in northern Shan State over the past [...]
By DVB | May 6, 2016 Arakan Army’s commander-in-chief Brigadier-General Tun Myat Naing speaks to DVB about the conflict in Arakan State. Question: Can you give us the latest update on the armed conflict in Arakan State? Answer: The [...]
By Bertil Lintner/The Irrawaddy | May 6, 2016 Burma’s new government has declared that finding a solution to the country’s decades-long civil war is one of its top priorities. That is clearly in line with the policies of the [...]
Statement by News and Information Department PSLF/TNLA | May 5, 2016 In March and April, as it was a season for picking tea leaves, the harvest of which is depended on by the people in the region for their livelihood, the [...]
Press release by the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) | April 27, 2016 SWAN condemns the corrupted judicial system and the judge who accepted the recent lawsuit filed by the powerful Chinese businessman, U Kyan Yee Kane, in Muse. [...]
By 111 Myanmar/Burma Civil Society Organizations | May 3, 2016 Honorable Mr. President, We, the 111 undersigned civil society organizations from Burma/Myanmar, welcome the government’s release of political prisoners and detained students and supporters, who were facing trials, over two [...]