Arakan National Council | February 27, 2018 At 06:45 p.m. on February 25th, 2018, local government authorities arbitrarily arrested Mr.Naing Soe, a Central Executive Committee member and head of the Social Department of the Arakan National Council, in his [...]
Mizzima | February 26, 2018 The European Union Delegation in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar have issued the following statement in relation to the conflict in Kachin State. “Decades of conflict in Kachin state have [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | February 25, 2018 1. On February 23, 2018, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) resumed its second regular Council Meeting, which was paused on February 11, 2018. Representatives of UNFC member organizations the [...]
Than Lwin Times / BNI Online | February 26, 2018 A skirmish broke out between soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), of the Karen National Union (KNU) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) over the weekend,near [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | February 23, 2018 Three Kachin political parties, which have decided to merge soon, have met with the European Union (EU) delegation yesterday (February 22) to discuss the Kachin State issue and the [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | February 23, 2018 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a US$48-million (K64.32 billion) development project in Southeastern Myanmar aimed at improving basic services on Thursday. Kayah State is the [...]
By Saw Myat Oo Thar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | February 22, 2018 The public needs to be aware of the code of conduct that must be observed by both the Tatmadaw and the ethnic armed [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | February 22, 2018 Local residents in Lashio reported that the situation there had stabilized Thursday following a bomb blast at a Yoma Bank branch on Wednesday that killed two people and wounded [...]
By Su Myat Mon / Frontier Myanmar | February 21, 2018 An environmental group has called for greater respect for the rights of indigenous peoples in Tanintharyi Region, saying that land concessions and restrictions on forest use in recent years [...]
By San Yamin Aung / The Irrawaddy | February 21, 2018 There is still no timeframe for the release of long-withheld ethnic population data from the 2014 census, Minister of Labor, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe told lawmakers [...]