January 2018
Innocent Victims, Indiscriminate Carnage the Legacy of Myanmar’s Landmine Menace
By Oliver Slow / Frontier Myanmar | January 25, 2018 Landmines have blighted thousands of innocent civilians' lives in Myanmar, which remains one of the few countries yet to sign a 1997 treaty banning their use. [...]
Police Arrest Injured Patients from Mrauk-U Incident
Narinjara News / BNI Online | January 24, 2018 Eight men, who were receiving medical treatment at the Sittwe Hospital, have been arrested on January 23 for their involvement in the Mrauk-U riot, according to [...]
Mortar Shell Fell Near Church and Homes, Civilians Injured by Landmines
Kachinland News | January 23, 2018 On Jan 21, Burmese army troops fired several mortar rounds on Tingkawk village, located on Ledo road between Myitkyina and Danai in western Kachin state, following a battle with [...]
NMSP and LDU Agree to Sign Ceasefire Pact
Mizzima | January 24, 2018 Two more ethnic armed groups, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), have agreed to sign the government's Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) soon, Xinhua reported on [...]
People Hail Jailing of Six Tatmadaw Soldiers for Kachin State Killings
By Chan Thar / Myanmar Times | January 22, 2018 A military tribunal has sentenced six Tatmadaw troops, including four officers, to 10 years imprisonment after they were found guilty in the killing of three villagers [...]
TNLA and RCSS Fight for Three Consecutive Days
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | January 22, 2018 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) spokesman Maj. Tak Aik Kyaw confirmed to Mizzima that troops of Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and TNLA have been [...]
Kachin IDPs Fear Land Grabs in the Villages They Once Called Home
By Htun Khaing / Frontier Myanmar | January 19, 2018 Being displaced by conflict was bad enough, but now villagers in Kachin State are worried they will not be able to farm land when they [...]
Politician, Writer Charged with Unlawful Association
Mizzima | January 18, 2018 Police have filed charges under the Section 17 (1) of the Unlawful Association Law against Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung, who gave a talk to mark the [...]
Seven Dead, Several More Injured After Police in Mrauk-U Crack Down on Protest
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 17, 2018 At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township when police cracked down on a gathering Tuesday to protest authorities’ decision [...]
Kachin War Continues, Fighter Jets Drop Bombs
Kachinland News (KLN) | January 15, 2018 Battles continue unabated between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese Army in southern and western Kachin state, and northern Shan state in the past week. In southern Kachin [...]