June 2018
8-Year-Old Boy Killed in Military Shelling in Shan State, TNLA Claims
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 28, 2018 Mon State — An 8-year-old boy was killed and seven others were wounded in shelling by the Myanmar military in Shan State’s Kutkai Township on [...]
Refugees Struggling on the Thai-Burma Border Warn Any More Cuts to Aid Will Be Impossible to Sustain
Karen News on Vimeo | June 28, 2018 The massive withdrawal of international aid to refugees living in camps on the Thai Burma has created huge challenges for the people. After 30 years of support [...]
Army Maintains ‘Divide and Conquer’ Approach to Ethnic Alliances
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 27, 2018 MON STATE — The Myanmar Army and government continue to pursue a policy of attempting to split alliances of ethnic armed groups in the north [...]
Civilian Shot in Rakhine State
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | June 27, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — A civilian was shot by a military column on patrol in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township on Monday around noon. U [...]
Third Session of 21st Century Panglong Conference to Include Minority Rights, Gender Equality
By Aung Myat Thu / Mizzima | June 27, 2018 The third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference will also focus on minority rights and gender equality, Zaw Htay, director general of the President’s [...]
Tatmadaw Occupies NMSP Outpost
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | June 26, 2018 YANGON — The Myanmar Army and its subdivision Border Guard Force (BGF) have occupied a New Mon State Party (NMSP) outpost situated in the [...]
Diarrhea Outbreak Reported in Mung Na RC IDP Camp
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | June 22, 2018 A diarrhea outbreak is affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mung Na St. Joseph RC IDP camp in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State due to contaminated drinking [...]
Not All Kachin IDPs Can Get WFP Assistance
By May Htwai / Mizzima | June 22, 2018 Some IDPs said that not all of them could get financial assistance provided by World Food Programme (WFP) as they provided this assistance based on the [...]
Myanmar Army Will Not Return Seized Lands in Shan, Rakhine States: Deputy Defense Minister
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | June 22, 2018 The Myanmar military will not return lands seized from civilians for security or training purposes in Shan or Rakhine states or pay them compensation, the country’s deputy defense [...]
EU Urges Probe of Sexual Violence in 3 States
Myanmar Times | June 20, 2018 The European Union on Tuesday called on the government to investigate accusations of violence in Kachin, northern Shan and Rakhine states, where armed conflicts have worsened. The appeal was [...]