Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 19, 2017 The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF), a group of ethnic political parties issued a list of five demands at it 28th regular meeting, held on May 16 and 17 in Yangon. The list [...]
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 18, 2017 A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, which is being organised [...]
By Min Thway Thit / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 The Mon State government is pressuring the local ethnic armed group to swiftly sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). During a meeting this week [May 16], [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 At a meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held a few days ago, the Burmese (Myanmar) government announced that it would agree to allow the seven states, where [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 17, 2017 Manpang People’s Militia, a military-back armed group, has been accused of forced recruitment in several villages in northern Shan State, according to an MP from [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | May 17, 2017 On behalf of the Rohingya Muslim community, ARNO expresses shock, sorrow and condemns in the strongest possible terms the rape of at least 32 Rohingya women by the Myanmar military [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 17, 2017 Four miners were shot dead and seven seriously wounded this morning when security forces opened fire on freelance miners who had been barred from scavenging for jade scraps at a site [...]
By Sai Wansai | May 18, 2017 Within these few days a lot of political maneuvering have been going on, like Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Wa National Organization (WNO) resignation from United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC); Karenni National Progressive [...]
By Waguru Mon / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 10, 2017 When a truck crashed through a Thanbyuzayat traffic circle last month, destroying a golden Sheldrake sculpture, many Mon people saw their feelings of persecution embodied. The Sheldrake is [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 16, 2017 The eight armed groups that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have urged the Burmese government to facilitate “national-level political discussions” in Shan and Arakan states to allow the [...]