May 2018
UNHCR Organizes Repatriation of 161 Refugees from Thai camps
By Sa Isue / Karen News | May 6, 2018 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized voluntary repatriation for 161 refugees that will begin on May 7th from five refugee camps [...]
SSPP Likely to Sign Nationwide Ceasefire, Peace Broker Says
By Chit Min Htun / The Irrawaddy | May 3, 2018 YANGON — The Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army-North (SSPP/SSA-N) is likely to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), according to a peace broker [...]
Left in Limbo: Kachin IDPs Face Monsoon Season Dilemma
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 2, 2018 Some 5,000 Kachin villagers, who abandoned their homes one month ago due to the proximity of armed clashes between Burmese government forces and [...]
Myanmar’s ethnic civil war escalation propelling the country into a failed state?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 30, 2018 When Thein Sein-headed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) came into power, following the 2010 nationwide election, people were skeptical what [...]
Authorities Block Protest Camp Site at Myitkyina
Kachinland News | April 30, 2018 A Kachin youth group’s plan to establish a protest camp in front of the An Daw Shin monastery at Yan Gyi Awng Quarter in Myitkyina was thwarted by State [...]
Mass Rally in Myitkyina for IDPs Recently Displaced by Kachin Conflict
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 30, 2018 Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin [...]
April 2018
KIA Open Letter to Displaced Kachin Urges ‘Patience to Achieve Genuine Peace’
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | April 30, 2018 YANGON — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) chief has issued a letter of encouragement to Kachin people who have been displaced by clashes. The [...]
KNPP, Gov’t Agree to Further Peace Negotiations
By Nyein Nyein | The Irrawaddy | April 27, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Formal peace talks between the government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have made progress, with the two sides agreeing [...]
Thousands of Villagers Flee as BA Fighter Jet Bombs and Infantry Troops Attack
Kachinland News | April 26, 2018 It is learned that a BA jet fighter attacked KIA 1st Brigade and 4th Battalion HQ on April 25, around 3:30 pm. Clashes occurred when BA troops marching up [...]
Launch of Karen Rights Report Quashed by Thai Authorities
By Kimberley Pillipps / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 25, 2018 The launch of a report by a Karen human rights organisation critical of the Burmese military’s conduct was blocked in Chiang Mai, Thailand, [...]