By Sa Isue / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | June 15, 2018 Officials from the Karen National Political Dialogue Coordination Committee said they have prepared for upcoming third session of the Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong by recollecting [...]
By Chan Thar / Myanmar Times | June 18, 2018 Church aid workers have been warned by security forces not to provide aid to refugees in areas controlled by the armed ethnic group Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a spokesman [...]
Mon News Agency / BNI Online | June 13, 2018 The nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatories ethnic armed organizations (NCA-S EAOs) will negotiate with the government again as they are not ready to hold the third session of the Union Peace [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 13, 2018 YANGON – Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kachin and Shan states in northern Myanmar still do not feel it is safe to return to their homes, and forcing them [...]
By 25 Civil Society Organisations | June 13, 2018 We, the undersigned solidarity and democracy activists and civil society organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region express our grave concern over the recent escalation of armed [...]
By Network Media Group / BNI Online | June 12, 2018 Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) have decided to exclude issues that are blocking the peace process between the government, Tatmadaw, and [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 12, 2018 MON STATE — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) accused the Myanmar military of genocide and human rights abuses including rape and murder on Saturday to mark the seven-year anniversary [...]
Karen News | June 11, 2018 Karen education officials warn cuts to refugee camp programs are forcing schools to close. Higher education schools in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border are running out of funding, are struggling to keep [...]
By Lei Lei / The Irrawaddy | June 11, 2018 MYITKYINA — Police plan to bring charges against the organizers of a demonstration held in Myitkyina on Saturday to mark the seventh anniversary of the resumption of military clashes [...]
Kachin Affairs Global Action Network | June 9, 2018 Seven years ago today, civil war resumed in the Kachin region. Between June 9, 2011 and April 30, 2018, over 3,800 battles were fought between the Kachin Independence Army and [...]