The Karen National Union Concerned Group | June 8, 2017 1. The signing of a Union Accord as the outcome of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference, which was convened from 24-29 May 2017, has caused very serious concern [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | June 5, 2017 About 50 soldiers from Burmese army’s 126th Light Infantry Regiment launched an attack on KIA 14th Battalion’s Mai Sak Post in Danai Township on June 3 at around 5:30 am. KIA sources [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | June 5, 2017 Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) celebrates World Environment Day. Villagers in Mon State and Mon areas of southeast Burma/Myanmar have strong economic, social, and cultural ties [...]
Burma Link| June 6, 2017 Khun Tu Tu Lay is an ethnic Kayan student who comes from the central headquarters of Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the main ethnic Kayan armed actor, in the Karenni State. Although KNLP had [...]
Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 2, 2017 Burma’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Ohn Win told parliament on Wednesday that a controversial coalmining project in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State, [...]
Burma Link| June 5, 2017 Padoh David Tharckabaw joined the resistance movement nearly seven decades ago when he was only 14 years old. Due to his young age, Padoh David joined without the knowledge of his parents and had [...]
Shan State Farmer's Network (SSFN) / Shan Human Rights Foundation | June 2, 2017 A recent visit by a Burmese environmental consulting company to Nam Ma, Hsipaw township, northern Shan State, has caused local villagers to fear that the [...]
Sa Isue / Karen News | June 1, 2017 The Karen National Union’s Mutraw District office released a statement supporting the demands of the displaced villagers living on the banks of the Salween River. The KNU statement said that [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) / Burma News International (BNI) | May 31, 2017 At least one ethnic political party is fuming after an accord was signed last week at the closing of peace talks that were poorly attended. The [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | May 30, 2017 On the same day the 2nd 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is taking place in Nay Pyi Taw, a group of 2590 displaced Karen people in Mutraw district, Karen State [...]