July 2016
Is Aung San Suu Kyi Misinterpreting Panglong Agreement?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 7, 2016 Lately following the recent meeting between the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signatory 8 Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and Aung San Suu [...]
Farmers in Myanmar’s Bago Region Protest Land Grabs by Army
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 6, 2016 Farmers in south-central Myanmar’s Bago region began a protest on Wednesday demanding that the army return more than 4,000 acres of land it confiscated from them 25 [...]
NMSP: Include all EAOs in 21st Century Panglong Conference
By Mi Wonsa / Mon News Agency (MNA) | July 7, 2016 It is necessary to have all ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) involved in the 21st Century Panglong Conference, according to a statement released by [...]
Burmese Army Fires Mortars Provoking KIA’s Counter Attack Near Laiza
Kachinland News (KLN) | July 5, 2016 More Burmese army troops have been deployed near KIO’s administrative capital Laiza as tensions have escalated between Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army. A KIA frontline officer said [...]
Panglong Agreement Still Casts a Long Shadow on National Reconciliation Deliberation
By Sai Wansai/ Shan Herald Agency for News | July 4, 2016 During these few days Aung San Suu Kyi’s initiated 21 Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) has gained momentum, as could be seen by her [...]
All-Inclusive Ethnic Armed Summit to Be Held in Kachin State
Burma News International (BNI) | July 4, 2016 An all-inclusive summit for all ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) will be held at Maijayan in Kachin State before the 21st Century Panglong Conference according to leaders of [...]
Interview: ‘Inclusiveness is Crucial in the Peace Process’
By Aung Kyaw / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 30, 2016 As the chief-of-staff of a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), one of the signatories to last year’s Nationwide [...]
Five Lashio Villagers Found Dead Near Burma Army Camp
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | June 30, 2016 Five villagers from Mong Yaw in Shan State’s Lashio Township were found buried in shallow graves close to a Burma Army camp in the area, [...]
Attempted Suicide Rate Rises in Mae La Refugee Camp
By S’Phan Shaung / KIC News, reported in English by Mark Inkey / Burma News International (BNI) | June 27, 2016 Attempted suicide rates at Mae La, the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border are higher than [...]
Military Confiscation of Burmese Ancestral Land
Karenni Social Development Center | June 30, 2016 Read our new report: Military Confiscation of Burmese Ancestral Land (June 2016) Based on direct testimony of 40 villager interviews from four villages in Karenni State, this report [...]