Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 At a meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held a few days ago, the Burmese (Myanmar) government announced that it would agree to allow the seven states, where [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 17, 2017 Manpang People’s Militia, a military-back armed group, has been accused of forced recruitment in several villages in northern Shan State, according to an MP from [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | May 17, 2017 On behalf of the Rohingya Muslim community, ARNO expresses shock, sorrow and condemns in the strongest possible terms the rape of at least 32 Rohingya women by the Myanmar military [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 17, 2017 Four miners were shot dead and seven seriously wounded this morning when security forces opened fire on freelance miners who had been barred from scavenging for jade scraps at a site [...]
By Sai Wansai | May 18, 2017 Within these few days a lot of political maneuvering have been going on, like Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Wa National Organization (WNO) resignation from United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC); Karenni National Progressive [...]
By Waguru Mon / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 10, 2017 When a truck crashed through a Thanbyuzayat traffic circle last month, destroying a golden Sheldrake sculpture, many Mon people saw their feelings of persecution embodied. The Sheldrake is [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 16, 2017 The eight armed groups that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have urged the Burmese government to facilitate “national-level political discussions” in Shan and Arakan states to allow the [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 13, 2017 Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between members of the Northern Alliance – [...]
By Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy | May 11, 2017 RANGOON — Refugees from Burma who were repatriated from Thailand to commercial capital Rangoon late last year have settled into their housing arrangements on the outskirts of the [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 11, 2017 Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military. A local source who wished to [...]