By Nang Mya Nadi / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 11, 2017 Up to 4,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have fled from a displacement camp in Najan, Kachin State, due to intense clashes between Burmese government forces [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 10, 2017 Nine civil society groups have called for an urgent end to ongoing hostilities in Kachin and Shan states as refugees face a shortage of food and supplies. U Gum Sha Awng, spokesperson [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 10, 2017 More Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outposts near the Lai Hpawng position that the ethnic armed group previously held in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, were captured by Burma Army troops on Sunday, [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 9, 2017 The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, began a 12-day visit to Burma on Monday amid growing concerns about the conduct of security forces in northern Arakan [...]
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 7, 2017 As 2017 begins, speculation and assessment on which way Burma’s political wind might be blowing becomes an important task to determine for stakeholders and opinion-makers alike, in order [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 6, 2017 Burma had the unenviable distinction of being listed among Syria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo as hosting 10 “conflicts to watch” in 2017, as compiled by Jean-Marie Guéhenno [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 2, 2017 This year Aung San Suu Kyi’s close aide and trusted friend Htin Kyaw, whom she has installed as the President, took the responsibility to convey [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 22, 2016 At least 3,000 villagers who fled their homes in Shan State’s Kyaukme District to escape the fighting between Shan and Ta’ang militias are currently taking shelter in the towns of [...]
By Tsa Doi La & Nmang Gam / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 21, 2016 Burmese military fighter jets launch multiple airstrikes for three consecutive days on KIA’s Lai Hpawng post manned by KIA’s 3rd Battalion troops under 5th Brigade. Four fighter [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 20, 2016 Many of the participants at yesterday’s rally in Rangoon were not ethnic people but rather local pro-military activists masquerading in ethnic costumes, according to representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) [...]