By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 6, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The Karen National Union (KNU) convened an emergency meeting of its Central Standing Committee to review the state of the peace process at its headquarters in Lay [...]
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | November 6, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — Three Arakanese men detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a Myanmar Army corporal were released on Monday. The three were released when [...]
Chin World / BNI Online | November 5, 2018 If political parties under the tile of the Chin Nationality in the Union Peace Process, it would be very helpful toward the Chin National Affairs, said Dr. Salai Lian Sakhong [...]
By Lawi Weng and Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | November 5, 2018 YANGON/Mon State — The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) claims that the Myanmar military last week warned ethnic Shan living in northern Shan [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald For News Agency (S.H.A.N.) / BNI Online | November 5, 2018 People from multiple villages fled to a monastery following clashes between the RCSS/SSA and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 2, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) said it would stop participating in every level of Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee discussions at least until the [...]
Mizzima | Novmber 3, 2018 Some peace meetings including the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) of ten ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), which are the signatories of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), have reportedly been suspended. Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) CEC [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | November 2, 2018 YANGON — The Chin Refugee Support Committee (CRSC) has urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to shelve its plan to repatriate Chin refugees in Malaysia [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | November 2, 2018 Signatory groups of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement are seeking the participation of non-signatory ethnic armed groups to the peace process. “It’s everyone’s wish for non-signatory groups of the [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 1, 2018 The Myanmar Army detained 15 members of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) in Nam San Yang village near the Chinese border on Oct. 24, the religious organization said on [...]