By Ye Mon / Myanmar Times | October 18, 2016 Although the guns have fallen silent in Hlaingbwe township, Kayin State, civilians displaced by recent conflict may be unable to return home for several months due to concerns over [...]
Briefing by Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | October 12, 2016 The Burma Army, also known as Tatmadaw, has escalated its military offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) with air strikes, artillery, and ground forces. Residents in Kachin State [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]
Statement by Karen National Union (KNU) | October 4, 2016 In line with decision of the Karen National Union (KNU) 15th Congress, the Karen Armed Forces Unity committee was formed on 26-2-2016, in order to be able to unify [...]
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 6, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has called on a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to disband and re-join the KNU, just nine months [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 29, 2016 The Karen Women Organisation (KWO) called for an end to fighting between the Burma Army supported by Border Guard Forces (BGF) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA) in ceasefire [...]
Press release by Karen Rivers Watch | September 29, 2016 Burma Army’s actions in Karen State threaten to expand fighting, endangering peace process and displaced people’s return Fighting is directly linked to Hat Gyi dam, Karen leader says YANGON, MYANMAR [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 28, 2016 Though Border Guard Forces (BGF) claim to now control the road between Myaing Gyi Ngu and Mae Tha Wor refugees from Mae Tha Wor are still facing difficulties returning home due [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 26, 2016 It looks, smells, and feels like a war zone. The highway is lined with military vehicles and 120mm artillery guns point up into the mountains where rebel troops from a [...]
By Lawi Weng/ The Irrawaddy | September 22, 2016 Burma Army officers tried to convince displaced ethnic Karen on Thursday to return to their villages, despite continuous daily fighting in Karen State’s Mae Tha Waw area, The Irrawaddy has [...]