By Coconuts Yangon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 28, 2016 Despite somewhat confusing attempts to suspend it, Burma’s Ethnic Youth Conference in Shan State went ahead on Tuesday in Panlong, the historic site of the 1947 [...]
By Min Thither Khine / Mon News Agency (MNA) | July 28, 2016 The New Mon State Party (NMSP), the predominant ethnic Mon resistance group, has been urged to release an official statement naming the All Mon Regions Democracy Party [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | July 27, 2016 Ethnic Armed Organizations’ plenary meeting attended by 18 ethnic armed organizations and major ethnic nationalities’ political parties began Tuesday in Mai Ja Yang, a city located in KIO’s administrative area in southern [...]
Burma Partnership | July 26, 2016 On 17 July, 2016, the State Counselor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) to discuss a framework for the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference. Comprising of [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 26, 2016 MAI JA YANG, Kachin State — Leaders representing 17 ethnic armed groups gathered in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State on Tuesday to search for common ground in working toward [...]
Press release by Burma Border-based CSOs | July 26, 2016 Burma Border-based Civil Society Organizations Send an Open Letter to State Counselor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi On 25 July, 2016, 40 civil society organizations (CSOs) based on Burma’s [...]
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | July 21, 2016 Last year there was a big push before the November general election to get the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). While the very top [...]
By S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | July 18, 2016 The decision to invite ethnic political parties and the women’s groups was decided the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) and leaders from Coordination Team (CT) of the Nationwide Ceasefire [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 25, 2016 Myanmar’s United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) is working on the formation of a coordinated platform based on common policies on key issues as it prepares for the government’s Panglong Peace Conference in [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | July 22, 2016 RANGOON – A national youth conference will be held in southern Shan State’s Panglong in late July, aiming to build unity among young people representing ethnic groups from across [...]