Fighting Displaces More Than 400 Villagers in the Last Month
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) has defended itself against attacks by the Burma Army, despite being a signatory of [...]
Karen State Residents Urge Govt to Stop Factory’s Switch to Coal
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 14, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — People living near two military-run cement factories in the Karen State capital of Hpa-an are urging the government to stop the [...]
Newly Amended Law Helps Officials Seize Land, Critics Warn
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 13, 2018 Land-rights activists have urged the government to abolish the Vacant Land Law, saying the legislation could be used as a tool to dispossess people of their [...]
Peace Process Is at a Phase of Ceasefire, People’s Analysis Report Says
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | November 14, 2018 The director of the Karen Development Network-KDN said that existing peace process between the government and the ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) is no more than [...]
Landmine Casualties and Civilian Displacement Continue in Chin State
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 9, 2018 Some of the IDPs who fled their village due to fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army. Chin State in western Burma borders India [...]
Residents Protest Plan to Hold Pro-Military Event on Festival Day
By Myat Moe Thu / The Myanmar Times | November 13, 2018 People in Taunggyi township, southern Shan State, are protesting a public show of support for the Tatmadaw (military) that will be held on Wednesday, [...]
Kachin State Security and Border Affairs Minister Substitutes
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | November 9, 2018 Including Minister for Kachin State Security and Border Affairs Ministry Col.Thura Myo Tin (BC 20081) and Minister for Mon State Security and Border Affairs Ministry [...]
Peace Commission to Meet as Ceasefire Signatories Withdraw from Peace Process
By Ye Mon / Frontier Myanmar | November 12, 2018 YANGON — The government’s Union Peace Commission has scheduled a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw this week to address the recent decision by the two [...]
42 NGOs Warn That Return of Refugees to Myanmar Now Would Be Dangerous and Premature
42 Non-Governmental Organization | November 9, 2018 Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will [...]
Statement on the 6th Central Standing Committee Emergency Meeting
Karen National Union (KNU) Headquarters | November 10, 2018 The 6th Central Standing Committee Emergency meeting of Karen National Union (KNU) was held from 6th to 10th November, 2018 in Lay fah, Hpa-an District. Eighty-eight participants, [...]