July 2018
Tatmadaw Scours for RCSS/SSA Troops in Central Shan State
By Nan Sai Noon / Shan Herald Agency for News / BNI Online | July 26, 2018 Local residents said the Tatmadaw has been scouring for Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army troops in [...]
Landmine Blast Kills One, Injures Two in Shan State
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 25, 2018 Mon State — A 43-year-old woman was killed after stepping on a landmine while picking mushrooms in northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township on Tuesday, setting [...]
Injangyang IDPs in KBC Waingmaw Office Relocate to New Camp
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | July 25, 2018 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Hpung Mai Yang in Injangyang Township, Kachin State have relocated to a new IDP camp in morning of July 23 [...]
CSSU Chairman Urges Shan Army Leaders to Unify
By Hom Hein / Shan Herald Agency for News | July 24, 2018 Chairman of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) Sai Aik Pao called on Shan armed groups this week to cooperate to address [...]
Peace Commission Holds Informal Dialogues with KIO, RCSS/SSA
Network Media Group / BNI Online | July 24, 2018 The government’s Peace Commission held informal meetings with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in Chiang [...]
Karenni State Gov’t Disbands Committee for Gen. Aung San Statue
By San Yamin Aung / The Irrawaddy | July 23, 2018 YANGON — The Karenni State government has disbanded a committee tasked with commissioning a statue of General Aung San in the state capital Loikaw, [...]
Authorities forcibly abolish buildings on land given away by the military in San-pa-ree Village Group
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | July 20, 2018 The Karen (Kayin) State authorities have been clearing up unauthorized buildings since July 17 on the land that has been released by the military in [...]
Families Displaced by Latest Fighting in Shan Start Heading Home
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | July 20, 2018 YANGON — Nearly half of the roughly 1,500 people displaced by inter-ethnic fighting in Shan State’s Namtu Township on Monday have returned to their villages [...]
Tatmadaw Denies Killing 6 Female TNLA Medics in Captivity
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 20, 2018 MON STATE — The Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) on Friday denied a report by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) that Tatmadaw troops murdered six female [...]
Youths Carry out Surveys in Villages to Oppose Bogyoke Statue
Mu Estar / Kantarawaddy Times / BNI Online | July 18, 2018 Karenni (Kayah) youths have been conducting surveys in villages in the Karenni State to oppose the state government’s plan to erect Bogyoke Aung [...]