January 2018
Tatmadaw Attacked SSPP/SSA-N over 500 Times Since the Signing of the Union-Level Ceasefire
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | January 16, 2018 After its central committee meeting, the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army – North (SSPP/SSA-N) released a statement that the Tatmadaw has [...]
RCSS, Tatmadaw Clashed Four Times in Early January
Network Media Group (NMG) / BNI Online | January 15, 2018 Despite signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) has clashed four times with the Tatmadaw [...]
Signatory EAOs Responded with Postponement of the 21CPC to the Tatmadaw’s Heavy-Handedness
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | January 16, 2018 Simultaneously shortly after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)-signatory Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) doled out a statement to postpone the 21st Century Panglong Conference [...]
Kachin Parties Agree to Merge
Network Media Group (NMG) / BNI Online | January 15, 2018 Three Kachin political parties will merge in the Kachin State, according to a statement released by the Kachin Political Parties Coordination Committee (KPCC). The [...]
KNU Says UPC Should Be Postponed Until Differences on Security Sector Clarified
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | January 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Karen National Union agrees with the position of its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army, that the upcoming 21st Century Panglong [...]
Dismay Over NCA-Signatories Growing
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 12, 2018 During the celebrations of last week’s 70th National Independence Day, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said the crisis in Rakhine State has become [...]
Karenni Civil Society Reps Quit Panel over State Parliament’s ‘Silence’ on Killings
By Zue Zue / The Irrawaddy | January 11, 2018 Four civil society representatives have resigned from a Karenni State parliamentary committee citing a lack of justice in the alleged executions by state security forces [...]
KNLA Denies Involvement in Mae Tha Wa Clashes
Karen Information Center (KIC) / BNI Online| January 10, 2018 The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) denied the accusation of teaming up with the Border Guard Forces (BGF) in the recent attacks against the Democratic [...]
KNLA Says It Won’t Attend Third Session of Panglong Peace Conference
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | January 9, 2018 YANGON — Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) commanders have decided not to attend the third session of the Union Peace Conference—21st Century Panglong—slated for [...]
Fierce Fighting Reported Between DKBA-Buddhist and KNLA, BGF
By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | January 9, 2018 Maj. Naing Maung Zaw from Border Guard Force (BGF) confirmed to Mizzima that combined troops of Karen National Union (KNU) and BGF were fighting fiercely [...]