December 2016
Burma Army Bomb Roman Catholic Church in Mong Ko
By KNG / Burma News International (BNI) | December 15, 2016 The Burma Army bombed a Roman Catholic Church in Mong Ko Town in northern Shan State where it is fighting with the Northern Alliance. During [...]
Chin State Civilians Flee Arakan Army, Tatmadaw Fighting
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | December 15, 2016 Renewed clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army have kicked off in upper Paletwa township, Chin State, with some 200 people displaced on December 12. [...]
Mongkoe Residents Shot Dead by Burmese Army Soldiers; Their Bodies Recovered
Kachinland News (KLN) | December 14, 2016 The bodies of three murdered Mongkoe residents were recovered by civilians on December 11. The Burmese army troops had clandestinely buried the bodies after brutally torturing and killing [...]
Dr Cynthia Maung Says Healthcare Still Needed on the Thai-Burma Border
Burma News International (BNI) | December 13, 2016 Mae Tao Clinic founder Dr Cynthia Maung said that health organisations on the Thai side of the Thai-Burma border, including the Mae Tao Clinic will need to [...]
NCA Signatories Denounce ‘Terrorist’ Labelling
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 12, 2106 The eight ethnic armed groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burmese government in 2015 have denounced last week’s parliamentary motions to label [...]
Commentary On “Fighting For Peace In Muse, the KIA Shoots Itself In the Foot”
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | December 11, 2016 Sithu Aung Myint usually produce unbiased commentary if not always. But lately he seems to be betting more on Aung San [...]
Battles Rages in Je Lan; Burmese Army Continues Shelling Gidon Post
Kachinland News (KLN) | December 12, 2016 Around 12:00 p.m. on December 11 near Manau Bum in northern Shan State between Loi Mawk and Nam Ti in Je Lan area, a combined force of Burmese army troops [...]
Ethnic Activists Share Views on ‘Terrorist’ Vote
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | December 9, 2016 On November 20, four of Burma’s ethnic armed groups – the Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Ta’ang [...]
KNU 16th Congress To Be Held In March 2016
Burma News International (BNI) | December 8, 2016 The 16th Congress of the Karen National Union (KNU), which was originally scheduled for November before being postponed, will start on 14 March 2016. The Congress Preparatory [...]
Bodies Of 9 Policemen Recovered In Mongko
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 7, 2016 The bodies of nine policemen, who were allegedly killed by the rebel Northern Alliance, were recovered on Tuesday in the border town of Mongko, according to [...]