April 2018
Tatmadaw Official Died in Mine Blast, Villagers Flee from Shooting in Hsipaw Township
By Hom Hurng / Shand Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | April 5, 2018 Local residents have been taking refuge at a monastery in Hsipaw Township in the northern Shan State after [...]
Planning New Attacks, KIA Warns Illegal Miners to Get Out of Hukawng Valley
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 5, 2018 The Kachin Independence Army on Thursday warned illegal mine workers in the Hukawng Valley, including gold and amber miners, to leave as the group plans [...]
ANP Repeats Call to Keep Rohingya Out of Southern Maungdaw
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | April 4, 2018 YANGON — Arakan National Party (ANP) lawmaker U Tun Aung Thein submitted a proposal to the Rakhine State legislature on Tuesday urging the union government [...]
EU Calls on Myanmar Government to Take Action Against Landmine Use
Mizzima | April 4, 2018 On the occasion of today's International Mine Awareness Day, the Ambassadors of the European Union and its Member States have called on the Government of Myanmar to take action against [...]
KNU Still Wants Talks with Military to Settle Standoff After Meeting Postponed
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 3, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Karen National Union (KNU) said it will keep trying to negotiate with the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to end a [...]
Myanmar’s Refugee and IDP: Shan Dislocation and Dispossession After Three Decades.
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | March 29, 2018 Recently, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) came up with an approximate figure of 1,900 internally displace [...]
China Warns Northern Alliance Against Cooperating with ARSA
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 2, 2018 China has warned Northern Alliance members with armed forces based near the Chinese border in northern Shan State not to cooperate with the Arakan Rohingya [...]
Meeting on Hpapun Incident Postponed in Kyaukkyi
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | March 31, 2018 The meeting between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Union (KNU) in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region has been postponed although it was slated for March [...]
March 2018
RCSS/SSA-S Wants Negotiation with TNLA Once More
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | March 29, 2018. Although the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) have planned to [...]
Coalition of Ethnic Armed Groups Ready to Join Panglong Summit, Awaits Invite
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | March 29, 2018 The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) released a statement on Wednesday reiterating the ethnic armed coalition’s intention to join the upcoming third iteration of the [...]