February 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi Invites Ethnic Militias to Meet Before Next Peace Conference
Radio Free Asia | February 20, 2017 Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has invited members of an alliance of ethnic groups that have not signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire pact for a [...]
KNU, KIO Call for More Peace Efforts
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | February 17, 2017 During the meeting held at the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) headquarters in Laiza along China-Myanmar border, Karen National Union (KNU) officials exchanged their points of [...]
Retired Myanmar Army Officer Ordered Prominent Lawyer’s Murder, Government Says
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | February 15, 2017 A retired military officer allegedly masterminded the killing last month of a prominent Muslim rights attorney and ruling-party advisor in what the Myanmar government has called a politically [...]
Police in Myitkyina Lock Down Kachin Conference
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | February 16, 2017 Police in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina on Thursday morning cordoned off the Manaw festival grounds, where the Kachin National Conference was being [...]
Tension Grows Between the NMSP and the Burmese Military
By HURFOM / Rehmonnya | February 15, 2017 On February 14, 2017, the Burma Army took control of two New Mon State Party (NMSP) checkpoints along the Thanbyuzayat-Three Pagoda Pass Road and there are growing [...]
Second 21st Panglong Conference Postponed
By Min Min / Mizzima | February 15, 2017 Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO) patron Col. Khun Okkar confirmed to Mizzima the postponement of second 21st Panglong Conference scheduled to be held at the end [...]
State-Run Media Misleads the Public About War, Says KIO
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | February 13, 2017 LAIZA, Kachin State — Government and Tatmadaw-controlled media organizations have misinformed the public about the Burma Army’s military offensives, alleged Gen Gun Maw, [...]
‘Join Us,’ Suu Kyi Says in Union Day Speech Urging Ceasefire Accession
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | February 13, 2017 State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi took the opportunity at a Union Day commemoration in Shan State on Sunday to urge non-signatories to the so-called nationwide [...]
TNLA Will Not Attend the 21st Century Panglong Conference Without Equal Status
By Network Media Group / Burma News International (BNI) | February 11, 2017 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic armed group that is still in armed engagement against the Tatmadaw [Burma Army], will only [...]
Peace Process Survey Shows Increase Conflicts in Ethnic Areas after Peace Conference
By KIC / Burma News International (BNI) | February 10, 2017 Conflicts have increased in ethnic areas after the new Burmese government held the Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong Conference) last August, claimed Nai [...]