Burma Link | January 30, 2019 After more than seven months’ delay, the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), taking place in July 2018, excluded discussions on contentious issues such as non-secession, self-determination, and ethnic rights. [...]
By Ashley South / Frontier Myanmar | November 23, 2018 The greatest challenge in the peace process is transforming the hearts and minds of the Bamar majority, against the spectre of populism. WHEN THE National League for Democracy-led government [...]
By Myat Moe Thu / Myanmar Times | November 26, 2018 Three civilians were killed in clashes among ethnic groups in northern Shan State over the weekend, bringing to five the total number of civilian fatalities since the fighting [...]
Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Watch / Progressive Voice | November 20, 2018 A delegation of religious leaders, women’s rights activists and civil society groups representing the Kachin, Shan and Ta’ang ethnic nationalities from Burma (Myanmar) completed a [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 19, 2018 An ethnic Kachin woman was killed on Nov. 17 when fighting erupted between rival ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) outside her village near Lashio Township in northern Shan State. Mar [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | November 19, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Myanmar government peace negotiators and the Karen National Union (KNU) have vowed to resume formal peace talks as quickly as possible, after they were postponed [...]
KLN / Kachinland News | November, 17, 2018 Local sources reported that BA troops pillaged homes, burned down rice barns and killed domestic animals for food in Sut Ra and Kawng Ja villages in Njang Yang township. About two [...]
Kachinland News | November 13, 2018 The 2nd National Conference organized by Kachin Political Consultative Team was held in Laiza’s Manau Hall from Nov 8 to Nov 13. Over 500 representatives from Kachin communities around the world, CSOs, religious [...]
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 the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement [...]
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 ceasefire position. The director [...]