By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | March 8, 2018 YANGON — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, launched a second offensive against its forces in Kachin State’s Tanai Township on Saturday. “They started [...]
By Daung Lu / Mizzima | March 8, 2018 Former lower house MP Dr. Nyo Nyo Thinn told Mizzima that she believed parliament had to pass the Peaceful Demonstration and Marching in Procession Law Amendment Bill under political pressure. [...]
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | March 8, 2018 OUR TIME IS NOW! The Karen Women’s Organization, on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, wishes to celebrate all the Karen women who have struggled for, worked for, and demanded [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | March 7, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – To mark the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)’s first bilateral ceasefire agreement at the state level, the group [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | February 2018 Briefing Paper: The UNFC’s Continuing Role to Seek the Federal Union Since the announcement that two members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | March 7, 2018 Hundreds of local residents from a village group in Lu Thraw Township under the Karen National Union (KNU)’s Mu Traw (Hpapun) District have fled after a skirmish broke out [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | March 7, 2018 The National League for Democracy (NLD) regime is overwhelmed by the international negative opinion onslaught on Rohingya crisis and as well the peace process stagnation, [...]
By Win Ko Ko Latt and Thiri Min / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | March 5, 2018 About 500 farmers, workers, and political activists marched in Yangon on Monday to oppose proposed changes to the country’s public assembly law, arguing [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | March 6, 2018 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Information Chief Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that fresh fighting was likely to erupt again as government military columns were arriving in KIA controlled [...]
Hitke Nanda Win / Myanmar Times | March 5, 2018 Social norms that discriminate against women persist among ethnic groups in Kayah State, and women’s groups are calling for an end to these prejudices. One such discrimination is the ritual [...]