May 2016
Fierce Fighting Continues in Western Kachin State
By Kachinland News (KLN) | May 10, 2016 Fierce fighting continues between KIA’s 6th Battalion troops and a combined force of Burmese army troops from 102nd Light Infantry Battalion (LIB), 472nd Light Infantry Regiment (LIR), [...]
Namkham Residents Blame TNLA for Burned Homes
By Sai Aw/Shan Herald News Agency (SHAN) | May 9, 2016 A coalition of nine groups in Namkham Township on Sunday put out a statement condemning the Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF), [...]
Clashes Between TNLA and RCSS Continue as Talks Stall
By Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | May 9, 2016 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) have repeatedly clashed in northern Shan [...]
Leaders Respond to Suu Kyi’s Call for Second Panglong Conference
By Nang Seng Nom, The Irrawaddy | April 29, 2016 RANGOON — Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s state counselor and de facto leader of the new National League for Democracy (NLD) government, met with the Joint [...]
FBR Report: Burma Army Launches Attacks Across Kachin State
By Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | April 29, 2016 The Burma Army is currently launching small scale attacks across different areas of Kachin and Shan states. They have killed and wounded several villagers, including wounding a [...]
Senior Thai Official Puts Burma’s Refugee Repatriation Back On The Agenda – Refugees Concerned About Cuts To Rations And Essential Services
By S'Phan Shaung/Karen News | May 2, 2016 Refugees responded to a senior Tak Province official speaking about the repatriation of the more than 100,000 refugees from Burma living in camps along the Thai-Burmese border by [...]
April 2016
Army Reinforces Troops near SSPP/SSA’s Loi Say-Loi Leng Base
By Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 29, 2016 The Burma Army has dispatched reinforcements to the Loi Say-Loi Leng area in northern Shan State’s Tangyan Township, where a Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army [...]
Tensions High as Burma Army Violates NCA in KNDO Territory
By KIC/BNI | April 27, 2016 Tensions are high after armed Burma Army troops breached the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) by entering the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) headquarters territory of Oo Kray Kee Village [...]
Karen Troops Fight Alongside Arakan Army
By Lawi Leng / The Irrawaddy | April 28, 2016 After days of traveling from Karen State, Col. Saw San Aung and dozens of troops arrived in Arakan State last week to help the Arakan [...]
More Displacement, More Abuses in Latest Burma Army Attacks
Burma Partnership | April 26, 2016 The Burma Army is stepping up on its promise to “eliminate” the Arakan Army (AA) with an increase in the number and ferocity of military attacks in northern Arakan [...]