By Zaw Zaw Htwe and Shoon Naing / The Myanmar Times | September 9, 2016 A police officer in Kachin State has been suspended and detained after video circulated online this week showing him threatening to shoot villagers in Hpakant township [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 8, 2016 The Burma Army stopped a Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) vehicle transporting medicine to internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Eastern Kachin State near the Chinese border and seized all the medicines [...]
By Amrita Dey / Myanmar Times | August 30, 2016 Newly democratic Myanmar is all set to launch its 21st-century Panglong Conference on August 31. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed that her government is keen [...]
By Nang May Nadi/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 31, 2016 The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) has released a statement, clarifying that its representatives will attend the Union Peace Conference set to kick off tomorrow in Naypyidaw, but only as [...]
Kachinland News | August 30, 2016 Battles rage in Kachin and northern Shan State as ethnic leaders arrive in Myanmar’s new capital Naypyitaw for the opening session of 21st Panglong Conference. KIA’s 9th Battalion troops under 4th Brigade on [...]
Free Burma Rangers | August 30, 2016 The conflict in Kachin state continues to escalate in Kachin State and Northern Shan State. Clashes and infantry assaults backed by mortar attacks are now a daily occurrence, and civilians are frequently [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | August 29, 2016 The UNFC has announced that it will attend the upcoming Burma peace conference. I have previously presented reasons for boycotting the conference, but there is a good argument for [...]
Kachinland News | August 23, 2016 Local sources in Hpakant, Mogaung, Namti, Monyin, Kamaing, Momauk, and Mansi in Kachin State, and Kutkai and Nam Hkam in northern Shan State said they have seen more Burmese army troops arrived in [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 22, 2016 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi received a pledge of support from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in Beijing an upcoming peace conference that will bring together Myanmar government [...]
Kachinland News | August 13, 2016 Burmese Army launched a renewed offensive against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as NLD government seeks to drum up 21st Century Panglong Conference, a term used by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to hold [...]