June 2018
Last Group of Awng Lawt Villagers Rescued from Forest
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | May 31, 2018YANGON — The last of more than 1,100 residents of Awng Lawt village in Kachin State’s Tanai Township known by aid groups to have [...]
May 2018
Armed Group Leader Blames Panglong Delay on Military’s Demands
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | May 30, 2018 YANGON — A precise date for the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference still has yet to be fixed due to [...]
Gov’t, Tatmadaw, NCA Signatories to Meet Again at the End of May
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | May 30, 2018 The government, the Tatmadaw, and the signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will meet again in Yangon on May 30-31 to find solutions [...]
Tatmadaw Awaits President’s Orders on Kachin Fighting
By Htoo Thant / Myanmar Times | May 30, 2018 If the country’s president provides instructions regarding the battles taking place in Kachin State, the Tatmadaw (military) will abide by them, said Brigadier General Aung Kyaw [...]
KNU Chair Call for Evaluation on Differences Between Gov’t, Tatmadaw, EAOs
Network Media Group / BNI Online | May 28, 2018 The Karen National Union (KNU)’s chair Gen Mutu Say Poe has urged the signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) to review the obstacles in [...]
Tanai MPs Urge Government to Open Official IDP Camp in Tanai
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | May 25, 2018 Tanai MPs have requested the President on May 22 to have the government take immediately action on opening an official internally displaced person (IDP) camp [...]
KYO Urges More Cooperation Between Ethnic Youths
By Sar Isue / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | May 25, 2018 The Karen Youth Organization (KYO)’s chair Saw Ler Ner has urged more cooperation between ethnic youths in the situation where Myanmar’s [...]
Myanmar Military Officer Charged With Murder of Mon State Villager
By Kyaw Thu / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 24, 2018 A Myanmar army officer has been charged with killing an ethnic Mon villager during an investigation into a domestic dispute in southeastern Myanmar’s [...]
Govt Sets Sights on June for Peace Conference
By Nay Phyo Win / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 24, 2018 The Burmese government is aiming to hold the third round of the Union Peace Conference in June, according to State Counsellor’s Office [...]
Displaced Mutraw Villagers Can’t go Home – ‘Temporary Stop’ of Road Building Agreement Favors Burma Army Until End of Wet Season
Karen News | May 24, 2018 Despite Burma Army promises to withdraw its soldiers and stop a construction of a contentious road at the center of the military conflict, thousands displaced villagers are unable to [...]