December 2016
Five Burmese Army Shells Land Chinese Side of the Border, Battles Continue Unabated
Kachinland News | December 8, 2016 Three mortar shells fired by Burmese army troops from Mongkoe side of the border landed on Man Hai, a Chinese town across the border, on Tuesday at around 2 [...]
Shan Legislature Favours ‘Terrorist’ Designation for Northern Alliance
By Thu Thu Aung, Myanmar Times | December 8, 2016 The Shan State Hluttaw yesterday green-lit a controversial proposal to designate the new Northern Alliance-Burma as a “terrorist” organisation, in a motion put forward by [...]
Shan MPs to Mull Designating Northern Alliance ‘Terrorists’
By Thu Thu Aung / The Myanmar Times | December 7, 2016 A proposal to designate the Northern Alliance-Burma as a terrorist group is set to be discussed in the Shan State legislature, following the [...]
Burmese Soldiers Burned down Rice Barns and Killed Ta-Ang Villagers
by Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 6, 2016 On December 5 morning, Burmese soldiers torched civilians’ homes in the town of Mongkoe, controlled by KIA’s 36th Battalion under 6th Brigade. Sources [...]
Mong Koe Back In Tatmadaw Control After Air Strikes
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | December 6, 2016 The Tatmadaw has wrested control of a key strategic post in northern Shan State’s Mong Koe town after launching mortar and air strikes that activists say claimed the [...]
Northern Alliance Calls for Nationwide Ceasefire
by Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 5, 2016 A coalition of ethnic militias based in northern Shan State has called on Burma’s government forces to halt offensives on its positions and [...]
A Burmese Fighter Jet down, soldiers Torching Mongkoe City
Kachinland News (KLN) | December 4, 2016 A Burmese fighter jet was down today at Namsu village near Mongkoe city at around 2:30 pm. It was not immediately known whether the fighter jet was shot [...]
Shan State Peace Talks Fall Apart
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | December 2, 2016 Scheduled peace talks fell apart on Thursday, and conflict continued between four ethnic armed groups and the Burma Army in northern Shan State, according to ethnic [...]
Burma Army Using Wedding Guests as Human Shields: KPN
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 1, 2016 Between 50 and 60 civilians who were detained by Burmese government forces while en route to a wedding in northern Shan State are now being used [...]
Northern Alliance Launches Offensive Against Tatmadaw, Says Nai Hongsar
By Min Thu Tha / Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) | November 30, 2016 The Northern Alliance, a coalition of ethnic armed groups, has launched offensive attacks against the Tatmadaw [Burma Army] in northern Shan State, [...]