By Nang Mya Nadi / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | February 21, 2018 Three political parties staking their appeal on claims to represent the interests of the ethnic Kachin population in northern Burma are closer to a merger this [...]
By Roseanne Gerin / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | February 20, 2018 Two international rights groups on Monday demanded investigations into incidents involving the enforced disappearances and killings of ethnic Kachin and Karenni men by Myanmar’s military, which has [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | February 20, 2018 Government authorities are restricting ethnic Wa people who live in northern Shan State from traveling to Kyaingtong and other major towns in eastern parts of the state, according to [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | February 18, 2018 The Gat Noi-based Burmese army’s 225th Light Infantry Battalion troops reportedly seized 35-year-old Mr. Ah Di of Seng Hpra village during a fishing trip at Nam Ya creek at [...]
By Naw Betty Han / Myanmar Times | February 20, 2018 The armed ethnic group Karen National Union (KNU) wants the government to discuss with them the details of a plan to resume construction of a highway linking Myanmar’s Dawei [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | February 18, 2018 Over 100 ethnic Man Zi residents need food aids in Hseni Township in the northern Shan State after fleeing from the fighting between the Tatmadaw and [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | February 16, 2018 The Karen Women Organization (KWO) of Mu-Traw (Hpapun) District held its seventh congress on February from 8 to 10, and elected new executive members, who will lead for the [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | February 15, 2018 The Peace Process Working Team (PPST) representing eight signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) met with China’s Special Envoy for Asian Affairs in Yangon on [...]
Kachinland News | February 14, 2018 About 200 Pu-tao residents protested against KIA for current war and destroying bridges in northern Kachin state on Feb 13 at 8 am. Local sources said the protest was organized by Rawang culture [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irawaddy | February 14, 2018 Three ethnic Kachin internally displaced persons (IDPs) were released by the Myanmar Army after being forced to work as porters in Mansi township, but two others had yet to [...]