July 2018
Number of IDPs Reaches over 1,000 in Northern Shan State After Fighting
By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | July 19, 2018 After renewed fighting between some forces of northern alliance and NCA signatory Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army in northern Shan State, Namtu Township, [...]
Kachin CSOs Denounce Tatmadaw Commander-In-Chief’s Speech
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | July 18, 2018 Kachin civil society organizations (CSOs) issued a statement on July 16 to denounce the Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s speech for claiming that [...]
Ethnic Army in Shan State Abducts 50 Young Men from Villages as Recruits
BY Thiri Min Zin / Radio Free Asia | July 16, 2018 More than 50 young men from villages in Mong Pan township of eastern Myanmar’s volatile Shan state have been forcibly recruited by an ethnic [...]
Myanmar Must Provide Justice in Decades-Old Land Grab Cases: HRW
Richard Finney / Radio Free Asia | July 17, 2018 Myanmar should move quickly to settle decades-old claims by farmers forced from their land by the country’s military, a rights group said on Tuesday, adding [...]
Six Female Medics Murdered in Captivity by Tatmadaw, TNLA Claims
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 17, 2018 MON STATE — Six female medics of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) were murdered after being taken prisoner by the Myanmar Army in Namkham [...]
Hundreds Flee Fighting Between Rival Ethnic Groups in Namtu
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 16, 2018 Hundreds of local villagers fled their homes in Namtu Township, northern Shan State, after fighting broke out this morning between troops of the Restoration Council [...]
Skirmish breaks out in KNU Brigade 5 area amid 21st Century Panglong Conference
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | July 16, 2018 A skirmish erupted between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Union (KNU) in the area controlled by the KNU Brigade 5 in Hpapun (Mu Traw) [...]
Naga Youth Oppose Aung San Statue in Sagaing
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | July 16, 2018 MANDALAY — Amid criticism over the erection of a statue of the late General Aung San in the ethnic region, Naga youth from Khamti, Sagaing [...]
12 Tatmadaw Troops, 1 RCSS Soldier Killed in 4 Days of Fighting in Mong Kung
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 13, 2018 MON STATE — Twelve Myanmar Army troops and one Restoration Council of Shan State soldier have been killed in this week’s armed clashes in Mong [...]
Skirmishes Break out as Leaders Meet in Naypyitaw
Kachinland News | July 13, 2018 A battle took place between Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s 14th Battalion troops and a Burma Army (BA) column at Nam Hkam village in Danai township on July 12 at [...]