February 2018
Kachins Mark 57th Anniversary of Revolution
Kachinland News | February 6, 2018 KIO/A personnel and Kachin civilians around the world commemorated the 57th anniversary of the Kachin revolution day on Feb 5. In Laiza’s Padang hall, the KIO chairman General Nban [...]
Fighting Between Ta’ang And Myanmar Armies Forces Residents to Flee Kutkai
By Wai Mar Tun and Tin Aung Khine / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | February 6, 2018 Spreading clashes between the Myanmar army and an ethnic armed group in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state have forced more [...]
NCA Signing Doesn’t Mean Laying Down of Arms – KNU Chairman General Mutu Say Poe
Karen News| February 5, 2018 The Karen National Union (KNU) chairman General Mutu Sae Poe said the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was signed to solve political problems by political means and it was not to [...]
5,000 Rally in Myitkyina to Call For Pause In Fighting
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | February 5, 2018 Some 5,000 people, including members of civil society organizations, religious organizations and town elders, staged a protest in the Kachin capital of Myitkyina on [...]
NMSP Says NCA is Not Its Goal
By Shwe Yoe / Hinthar Media / BNI Online | February 4, 2018 The New Mon State Party (NMSP) announced that it is not laying down its arms by signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) and [...]
Burmese Army Indiscriminately Targeting Civilians and KIA Positions
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | February 4, 2018 In retaliation to bomb attacks carried out by KIA’s 26th Battalion troops between Wing Seng and Mung Baw Hu Na villages in Muse township [...]
Two Armed Groups ‘Pressured’ to Sign Ceasefire: UNFC
By Su Myat Mon / Frontier Myanmar | February 3, 2018 A senior United Nationalities Federal Council official says two of the bloc’s members were “pressured” into agreeing to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement last [...]
Karen National Union Statement on the Building of a Two-Lane Highway Connecting Dawei Special Economic Zone and the Thai Border
Karen National Union | February 1, 2018 The Union Government has announced their plans to resume the construction of a two-lane highway, connecting Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Thai—Burma/Myanmar border, after reaching agreements with [...]
KIA, Tatmadaw Hold Peace Talks in China
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | February 2, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Amid a weeks-long surge in fighting in parts of Kachin State under the control of the Kachin Independence Army, the KIA and [...]
Over 1,000 Miners ‘Freed’ by Burmese Army in Tanai
By Shwe Aung / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | Febraury 1, 2018 More than a thousand miners and their family members, who were caught in the crossfire between government forces and Kachin rebels, have now [...]