By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | October 9, 2018 MANDALAY — The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says it has sentenced an ethnic Shan woman to three years in jail for informing on the armed group’s fighters to [...]
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 9, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army has called for ethnic armed organizations that have not signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord to be included in a meeting next week [...]
Karen National Union Headquarters (KNU) | October 6, 2018 The Central Standing Committee's 5th Emergency Meeting after the 16th Karen National Union Congress was successfully held on October 5-6, 2018. 40 of the 55 members of the Central Standing [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 Mon State — The Karen National Union (KNU) says it wants a summit with the state counselor and military chief tentatively set for Oct. 15 delayed and the intended [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 YANGON—About 70 Arakanese staged a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo on Monday afternoon to demand the release of two prominent Arakan figures currently detained in [...]
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia | October 5, 2018 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s military chief, and representatives from ethnic armed groups that have signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord will discuss basic [...]
By Kyaw Htun Naing / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 5, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army on Friday freed 100 ethnic Wa Christians it had detained, but continues to hold more than 100 ethnic Lahu Christians in a [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | October 5, 2018 Hundreds of people demonstrate against a proposed coal extraction project set to destroy more than 1,000 acres of Shan State paddy fields. Hundreds of locals [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 4, 2018 Burma Army use of drones for the first time near Loi Lam IDP camp on the northern Chiang Mai border, and near-completion of a new strategic road from Mong Hta [...]
Karen News | Octorber 4, 2018 The Karen National Union (KNU) has not permitted the construction of a proposed cement plant in Hlaingbwe Township under its controlled area, according to Gen. Saw Johnny, chief of staff of the Karen [...]