By Steve Tickner | Frontier Despite recent fighting around Laiza, morale remains upbeat for the KIA soldiers on the frontline – but many still dream of returning to a normal life when the guns of war eventually fall silent. [...]
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) and 22 Organizations | April 27, 2017 27th April 2017, London, UK – The Burma Human Rights Network and 22 Organizations and Individuals have released an open letter calling upon The United States, United [...]
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | April 25, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today condemned the governments of Germany and Austria for inviting Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to visit their countries this week. Earlier this year, the United [...]
Karen News | April 11, 2017 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, despite losing her position as vice-chairperson in the Karen National Union’s 16th Congress recent election, urged the new leaders to work for [...]
By Khun Ba Thar / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | April 10, 2017 More than 60 representatives of Burmese ethnic armed groups have agreed what they are calling “Basic Guidelines” aimed towards the establishment of a federal union [...]
Press release for immediate release / All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress (AASYC) | April 10, 2017 All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC) seriously condemns the arbitrary shooting by Myanmar security forces of an Arakanese civilian U Won [...]
By Lama La Rip / Kachinland News | April 10, 2017 Needless to mention that water is a source of life for human being and all life forms, and it is in fact a universal truth. The country of [...]
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | April 8, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Chairman of the Karen National Union, Saw Mutu Say Poe, has been re-elected to the post at the organization’s 16th Congress today. Former general secretary Padoh [...]
By Kantarawaddy Times / BNI Online | April 6, 2017 An alliance of ethnic armed groups has said it will not attend the long-delayed second Panglong Conference unless its members first sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. The now repeatedly postponed [...]
By Sai Aw | Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 6, 2017 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) – a coalition of 12 ethnic armed groups that declined to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with the [...]