Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have been defending northern Shan State against [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma) | September 11, 2018 ND-Burma’s biannual report on the human rights situation has found that intense conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations has been accompanied by a spike in the [...]
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 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 [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 3, 2018 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) that were taking refuge in AG Church in Kanhla Ward in Namti, Kachin State have relocated to Myitkyina last week due to frequent flooding in [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 YANGON — Ethnic signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will review the current political landscape and the peace process, said vice-chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) [...]
Markus Rudolf and Clara Schmitz-Pranghe/ BICC | July 3, 2018 After multi-party elections and the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement hopes were high of a possible settlement of Myanmar’s protracted conflict. Yet conflicts in the border areas and [...]
By Hom Heim / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | August 20, 2018 The clashes took place in Mong Yaw for two hours on Friday morning. Gunfire was exchanged between soldiers from the Burma Army and members of [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | August 16, 2018 It is quite well known and already an accepted fact that China is doing everything to reconcile the warring parties involving the Myanmar Army or [...]
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | August 13, 2018 MON STATE — The Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) said two Kachin men shot dead by government soldiers in January were Kachin Independence Army personnel killed in battle, contradicting claims by [...]