By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 14, 2017 Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the government’s Peace Commission (PC) held from [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | August 13, 2017 A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August 11 forced villagers to [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 13, 2017 Papun Township, KAREN STATE — On Saturday, ethnic Karen in their colorful, traditional attire joined the commemoration of the 67th Karen Martyrs’ Day, the day when Karen nationalist and [...]
Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | August 14 2017 ENAC News Brief No. 231 The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the Peace Commission (PC) of the Government of Myanmar held their [...]
Burma Link | August 11, 2017 The decades-long struggle of Burma’s ethnic nationalities for equal rights, social justice and federal democracy, and the grave human rights abuses occurring predominantly in outlying ethnic areas, continues to receive inadequate international attention. [...]
By Min Aung Htoo Naing / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 10, 2017 In his opening speech to members of the government Peace Commission, Khu Oo Reh of the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) said that after months of [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 10, 2017 Amid decades of civil conflict in Burma that has most-acutely impacted the country’s ethnic minorities, the rights of indigenous people are still being violated, said Naw [...]
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | August 10, 2017 Warning: Graphic Image Two Kachin civilians, Hpau Kap Naw Let and Labang Naw Bawk of Lam Braw Yang village, have been killed by Burmese army’s 381st Light Infantry Regiment [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth round of formal talks [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 9, 2017 Clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Tatmadaw erupted in Khay Khin and Man Wel villages, part of Namhsan Township, Shan State, on [...]