April 2018
IDPs from Villages in Hsipaw Get Ready to Go Home
Network Media Group / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Residents who have been displaced by the fighting between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) and the Ta’ang National Liberation [...]
Tatmadaw Claims Killed Karen Community Leader Was a Plainclothes Fighter
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, has denied wrongdoing in the killing of a man in Ler Mu Plaw area, Papun district, Karen [...]
After Fighting in Northern Shan, Displaced Families Still Scared to Head Home
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | April 10, 2018 YANGON — Nearly a month since the latest round of fighting broke out between two ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, displaced families [...]
Schools in Karen Refugee Camps Face Difficulties for Maintenance in Upcoming Year
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Some schools in the Kayin (Karen) refugee camps are facing difficulties to continue teaching in upcoming years due to [...]
Govt, Karenni Armed Group Agree to Formal Talks
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 10, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) say they have agreed to hold formal talks to improve relations later [...]
TNLA Dismisses Reports of Ransom Demands For Kidnappings in Myanmar’s Shan State
By Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 9, 2018 An ethnic Ta’ang militia operating in Myanmar's war-torn northern Shan state conducted recent searches for illegal drugs, but did not kidnap villagers [...]
KIA Raids Tatmadaw Base, Claims to Detain More than a Dozen Troops
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 9, 2018 More than a dozen Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) troops, many of them badly injured, were briefly detained by the Kachin Independence Army when the latter raided [...]
Fighting Escalates in Kachin, Northern Shan State
Network Media Group / BNI Online | April 6, 2018 Fighting between the Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations has escalated recently in the Kachin State and the northern Shan State. The Tatmadaw has been fighting [...]
Kachin Police Arrest NGO Worker For Alleged Ties to Ethnic Militia in Myanmar
By Aung Thein Kha and Thinn Thiri / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | April 6, 2018 Authorities in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state have arrested and jailed an ethnic Kachin NGO for violating Article 17(1) of the [...]
Students in Pathein Slapped with Fines Over Anti-War Performance
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 5, 2018 A judge in Pathein Township has handed down fines to eight students who were charged with defamation under section 500 of the Burmese Penal Code after the [...]