By Min Aung Htoo Nai / Mon News Agency (MNA) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 31, 2017 Two years after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was signed in October 2015, the country’s peace process has only become more [...]
By Naming Gam / Kachinland News | August 30, 2017 Skirmishes continue between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese army troops in western and southeastern Kachin State. A battle took place between KIA’s 14th Battalion troops and and Burmese [...]
By Free Burma Rangers | August 28, 2017 Kasung Village Map On August 11th the Burma Army launched an unprovoked attack against civilians in Kasung Village, west of Myitkyina, Kachin State. At 1100 Burma Army soldiers began [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 28, 2017 Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns (Part I) Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three part series to be featured [...]
By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 24, 2017 The Kasung and Zup Mai Yang IDPs who had recently been taking shelter in Lambraw Yang reportedly returned to their respective villages on August 22 evening, the KLN has [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 25, 2017 The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the next iteration of the [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 21, 2017 The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic alliance. [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | August 13, 2017 A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August 11 forced villagers to [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth round of formal talks [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | July 11, 2017 Just as the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has been stuck in a dilemma on its choice to be either with the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) [...]