February 2017
Rakhine Party Calls For Myanmar Government to Postpone Next Panglong Conference
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | February 7, 2017 A Rakhine political party wants the Myanmar government to postpone the next round of national peace talks after a joint committee on Monday suspended advance regional-level discussions [...]
CNF and ALP Suspended from Holding Advanced Talks; Uncertainty in CNF’s Participation in 21st Century Panglong Conference
By Aik Sai / Mon News Agency | February 8, 2017 The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) on Monday suspended regional-level discussions involving the Chin National Front (CNF) and the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) [...]
Kachins Mark 56 Years of Revolution
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | February 6, 2017 Members of Kachin Independence Organization and Kachin communities around the world commemorated the 56th Anniversary of the Kachin Revolution Day on Feb 5. KIO/KIA personnel [...]
Thousands March as Calls for Peace Grow Louder
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | February 6, 2017 Thousands of protesters, civil society organisations and rights advocates took to the streets over the weekend at several major cities around the country in calls [...]
Suu Kyi’s Office Donates to Kachin IDPs in Rare Nod to Conflict
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | February 3, 2017 After months of public silence, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has acknowledged, albeit somewhat obliquely, the deteriorating security environment in Kachin State, with the office [...]
Returning Displaced Mae Tha Wor Villager Loses Lower Leg in Landmine Explosion – Villagers Fear Mines Used by the BGF and DKBA Militias
By K'Hsaw Wah / Karen News | February 3, 2017 A displaced villager from the Mae Tha Wor area of Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State stepped on a landmine as he and other villagers returned to [...]
Police Detain Suspected Mastermind of Ko Ni Assassination
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | February 2, 2017 Police in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy have said that a man named Myint Swe is in custody, believed to be the mastermind or [...]
Trump’s Refugee Ban Leaves Separated Burmese Families in Limbo
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | January 30, 2017 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday initiating a temporary ban on refugee arrivals for at least four months, officially halting all [...]
January 2017
Prominent Lawyer and NLD’s Legal Advisor Gunned Down in Myanmar
Mizzima | January 29, 2017 A prominent lawyer and legal advisor of Myanmar's ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon's international airport on Sunday, officials said. Ko Ni, a member [...]
Civilians Homes in Kachin State Forcibly Confiscated by Burmese Army Troops, Battles Rage in Northern Shan State
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | January 27, 2017 Burmese army troops belonging to 86th Light Infantry Battalion(LIB) have forcibly been confiscating civilian homes in Du Kawng quarter in Danai township in western Kachin [...]