May 2017
Education Put on Hold for Children of Repatriated Refugees in Rangoon
By Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy | May 11, 2017 RANGOON — Refugees from Burma who were repatriated from Thailand to commercial capital Rangoon late last year have settled into their housing arrangements on [...]
Burmese Army Accused of Land Seizure in Mong Nong
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 11, 2017 Residents in southern Shan State’s Mong Nong sub-township are claiming that their lands have been seized by the Burmese military. A local [...]
ANP Mulls Skipping Panglong Summit
By Ko Aung / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) / May 11, 2017 The Arakan National Party (ANP) has announced that its decision on whether or not to participate in the 21st Century Panglong Conference’s [...]
New Fissures in Myanmar’s Peace Process
By Angshuman Choudhury / The Irrawaddy | May 12, 2017 Less than a month before the commencement of the second 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), the Union government of Myanmar faces an unprecedented situation. Both [...]
UNFC Possible Disintegration and the Peace Process Outlook
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) / May 10, 2017 The peace process that is scheduled to pick up again on May 24, known as Union Peace Conference – 21st Century [...]
Ethnic Alliance’s Unity Undermined as Key Players Resign
By MNA / BNI Online | May 9, 2017 In a large shakeup that could spell trouble for the peace process, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIA) and the Wa National Army (WNA) have resigned from the [...]
KIO Leaves UNFC Steering the Armed Alliance a Shakeup
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | May 8, 2017 The call into question for the existence of the ethnic alliance begins with when Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) whose leader is the current-president of the United Nationalities [...]
Burmese Army Deploys More Troops Despite Decreased Armed Conflicts
By Tsa Doi la / Kachinland News | May 8, 2017 In KIA’s Administrative Region east of the Irrawaddy river, the Burmese army troops belonging to 3rd and 21st Military Operations Command have joined the [...]
More Signs of Refugee Repatriation on the Thai-Burma Border
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | May 2, 2017 BAN MAE SALIT, Thailand — Community workers are busy with meetings, travel, and workshops as Burma prepares for the repatriation of some 98,000 refugees [...]
April 2017
Germany & Austria Host War Criminal Min Aung Hlaing
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | April 25, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today condemned the governments of Germany and Austria for inviting Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to visit their countries this week. Earlier [...]