August 2017
The Empty Rhetoric of Unity
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | August 18, 2017 Two events indicating the prospect of peace and conflict were simultaneously taking place on Aug. 11, 2017. One was a meeting between the Delegation for [...]
Fire-damaged Homes Rebuilt In Karenni Refugee Camp
Burma News International (BNI) | August 17, 2017 Over 20 fire-damaged houses have successfully been reconstructed in a Karreni refugee camp, allowing all families to move back into their own homes after more than a [...]
70th Anniversary of Nagaland Independence Day: 14th August 2017
Adino Phizo / Naga National Council (NNC) | August 15, 2017 Dear Naga People, Seventy years ago, the Nagas asserted their inherent right of independence on the 14th August, 1947, at that time of change [...]
Fight For Self-Determination Must Continue Through Peaceful Means: KNLA General
By Shaw Shar / Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 14, 2017 A leader of the Karen National Liberation Army has called for continuing the fight for ethnic autonomy, but [...]
Sixth UNFC-Government Meeting: “Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?”
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 14, 2017 Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the government’s Peace [...]
Burmese Army Raids Kasung Village, Civilians Killed or Wounded
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | August 13, 2017 A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August [...]
“Trust Level Is at Zero,” Says UNFC Negotiation Leader
By Min Aung Htoo Naing / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 10, 2017 In his opening speech to members of the government Peace Commission, Khu Oo Reh of the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) [...]
Indigenous Rights Advocates Highlight Scourge of Civil War in Burma
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 10, 2017 Amid decades of civil conflict in Burma that has most-acutely impacted the country’s ethnic minorities, the rights of indigenous people are still [...]
Two Kachin Civilians Killed by Burmese Army Soldiers with Bomb Strapped to Their Bodies
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | August 10, 2017 Warning: Graphic Image Two Kachin civilians, Hpau Kap Naw Let and Labang Naw Bawk of Lam Braw Yang village, have been killed by Burmese army’s [...]
Analysis: The Peace Process and an Unattainable Plan
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth [...]