May 2017
Ethnic Political Parties Group Issues List of Demands for Peace
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 19, 2017 The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF), a group of ethnic political parties issued a list of five demands at it 28th regular meeting, held on May 16 and 17 [...]
Panghsang Allies Say They Will Attend Peace Summit
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 18, 2017 A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, [...]
Mon State Gov’t Urges Ethnic Armed Group to Sign the NCA
By Min Thway Thit / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 The Mon State government is pressuring the local ethnic armed group to swiftly sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). During a meeting [...]
The Problem for Drawing the Constitution of the Ethnic States
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 At a meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held a few days ago, the Burmese (Myanmar) government announced that it would agree to allow [...]
Manpang People’s Militia Accused of Forced Recruitment
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 17, 2017 Manpang People’s Militia, a military-back armed group, has been accused of forced recruitment in several villages in northern Shan State, according [...]
Four Miners Shot Dead at Jade Mine
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 17, 2017 Four miners were shot dead and seven seriously wounded this morning when security forces opened fire on freelance miners who had been barred from scavenging for [...]
Adopting Ethnic State Constitution and the Issue of Secession
By Sai Wansai | May 18, 2017 Within these few days a lot of political maneuvering have been going on, like Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Wa National Organization (WNO) resignation from United Nationalities Federal Council [...]
Beyond Ethnic Politics in Myanmar
By Waguru Mon / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 10, 2017 When a truck crashed through a Thanbyuzayat traffic circle last month, destroying a golden Sheldrake sculpture, many Mon people saw their feelings of persecution [...]
NCA Signatories Call for Arakan, Shan Voices at Peace Talks
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 16, 2017 The eight armed groups that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have urged the Burmese government to facilitate “national-level political discussions” in Shan and Arakan [...]
Fighting Reignites in Kokang Region
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 13, 2017 Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between members of [...]