By Soe Thu Aung / Mizzima | February 13, 2018 UNFC spokesman Tun Zaw told Mizzima that top leaders of United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would not be allowed to meet the State Counsellor or Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes [...]
Mizzima | January 24, 2018 Two more ethnic armed groups, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), have agreed to sign the government's Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) soon, Xinhua reported on 23 January citing a [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 12, 2018 During the celebrations of last week’s 70th National Independence Day, the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) said the crisis in Rakhine State has become the government’s most immediate [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | January 9, 2018 The premise of the article is as follows: The people of Burma have suffered terribly under fifty-five years of military dictatorship, but there has always been hope that this [...]
Kachin National Organisation (KNO) | January 10, 2018 1. Today, 10th January 2018 marks the 70th Anniversary of the creation of Kachin State. May this day bring a blessing to the citizens of Kachin State and all the ethnic [...]
Tea Circle Oxford| December 4, 2017 Moegyo challenges the role of development/assistance in ethnic areas and provides recommendations for vetting. With the transition in 2011 to a new hybrid civilian-military government in Burma, a number of international development/assistance carpetbaggers – [...]
By Victoria Milko / Frontier Myanmar | November 20, 2017 Food aid cuts have created further anxiety for more than 6,000 refugees and displaced people from Shan State who have endured a precarious existence for years in camps along [...]
By Daung Lu/Mizzima News | November 18, 2017 Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) issued its monthly report which says the number of prisoners arrested for political activities has reached 221 in Myanmar until the end of October 2017 [...]
Yanghee Lee & Debby Sze Wan Chan/Frontier Myanmar | November 11, 2017 An inclusive and deliberative approach to addressing the Myitsone Dam dispute can showcase the government’s commitment to genuine change as well as the peace process. LIKE MANY [...]