Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 23, 2017 The Myanmar government has invited three ethnic armed groups previously denied permission by the army to attend the second session on Wednesday of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s key [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | May 23, 2017 The Central Executive Committee meeting (extended) of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) was held from May 22 to 23. The meeting discussed the future work programs, including the current [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | May 20, 2017 The first Central Standing Committee (CSC) meeting after the Karen National Union (KNU) 16th Congress was held successfully from May 16 to 20. Of the 55 CSC members, 51 attended the [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | May 22, 2017 The Karen National Union (KNU) has announced it will help lobby ethnic leaders to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement. Members of the KNU Central Standing Committee said on [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 22, 2017 Thousands of ethnic Lisu in Myitkyina, capital of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, protested on Monday against an ethnic armed group for violating human rights by indiscriminately arresting and killing civilians and [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 22, 2017 It is unlikely that the Burmese government will agree to a request by seven ethnic armed groups to be represented as a coalition at this week’s Union Peace Conference, according [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 21, 2017 As May 24, the convening of Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP) is scheduled to take off, few crucial and essential topics that [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 19, 2017 The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF), a group of ethnic political parties issued a list of five demands at it 28th regular meeting, held on May 16 and 17 in Yangon. The list [...]
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 18, 2017 A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, which is being organised [...]
By Min Thway Thit / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 The Mon State government is pressuring the local ethnic armed group to swiftly sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). During a meeting this week [May 16], [...]