Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | September 13, 2018 On Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day, KWAT urges Burma’s government and the international community to recognize that without an end to Burma Army offensives and war crimes, the problem of [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Col. Sai Ngern, spokesperson for the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), spoke to The Irrawaddy reporter Nyein Nyein about the armed group’s clashes with [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 12, 2018 ‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 10, 2018 Skirmishes have broken out between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the KNU Brigade 5 area in the Karen (Kayin) State, Major Saw Ka Leh [...]
By Kyaw Myo / The Irrawaddy | September 7, 2018 YANGON—Proposals that the Union Parliament and Lower House take urgent steps to de-escalate fighting in ethnic regions in order to protect civilians were rejected for debate, said Nan Kham [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 6, 2018 The Karen Community of Canada (KCC) will conduct international campaigns to resume aids to the refugees in Thai-Myanmar border and internally displaced persons (IDPs). [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 4, 2018 The township judge has decided on September 3 to continue the trial of the three Kachin youths, who led a protest to free the trapped residents in the Kachin [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 5, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The government’s Peace Commission (PC) met with three members of the Northern Alliance group of armed organizations in China on Wednesday. The meeting was agreed to in [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | September, 4, 2018 With armed conflict on the way to Hsipaw and flooding outside Lashio, the displaced in Namtu Township are filling monasteries and makeshift camps. More than [...]
25 Kachin International Organizations | September 3, 2018 3 September, 2018 – We, the International Kachin Community, welcome the August 27 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Burma [Myanmar] and support its recommendations. The Fact-Finding Mission found [...]