March 2018
Tatmadaw, KNLA in Standoff After Fighting Over Road Rebuilding
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | March 13, 2018 Clashes broke out at least eight times from March 4 to 8 between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) in [...]
IKO Shows Discontent with KNU Central’s Attitude on Hpapun Conflict
By Sa Isue / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | March 13, 2018 The International Karen Organization (IKO) released a statement on March 9 to express its frustration at the Karen National Union (KNU) [...]
300 Namtu Villagers Flee as RCSS, TNLA Resume Fighting
By Paing Soe / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | March 12, 2018 More than 300 locals fled their villages and took refuge in a monastery near Namtu town when armed clashes broke out on Saturday [...]
TNLA Clash with Tatmadaw in Namtu
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima / BNI Online | March 10, 2018 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) issued a press statement saying they fought with the Tatmadaw (government military) on March 8 in Namtu Township, [...]
Dead Bodies of Two Missing IDPs Found in Mansi, Kachin State
By Phanida / Mizzima | March 10, 2018 The bodies of two missing Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been in Mansi Township, Kachin State. The bodies of Phaw Gam Yaw (65) and N Kham [...]
KIA Reports Second Offensive by Tatmadaw This Year
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | March 8, 2018 YANGON — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, launched a second offensive against its forces in Kachin State’s Tanai Township [...]
Parliament Passes Peaceful Demonstration Amendment Bill
By Daung Lu / Mizzima | March 8, 2018 Former lower house MP Dr. Nyo Nyo Thinn told Mizzima that she believed parliament had to pass the Peaceful Demonstration and Marching in Procession Law Amendment [...]
International Women’s Day Karen Women’s Organization Statement
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | March 8, 2018 OUR TIME IS NOW! The Karen Women’s Organization, on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2018, wishes to celebrate all the Karen women who have struggled for, [...]
KNPP, Government Hold Informal Talks on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | March 7, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – To mark the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)’s first bilateral ceasefire agreement at the [...]
Briefing Paper: The UNFC’s Continuing Role to Seek the Federal Union
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | February 2018 Briefing Paper: The UNFC’s Continuing Role to Seek the Federal Union Since the announcement that two members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would sign the [...]