Mizzima | October 19, 2016 The government has agreed to four out of eight points demanded by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and accepted the remaining four points inprinciple and as a result, the Delegation for Political Negotiation [...]
By Seamus Martov / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 18, 2016 A coalition of nine local humanitarian organisations active in Kachin State released a statement on Friday voicing their concern over restrictions imposed by the Burmese government [...]
By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | October 13, 2016 As we move towards the end of the year, civil war continues to rage across the country especially in Kachin State. Numerous negotiations have taken places but to date, no quantifiable [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]
Joint Statement by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) and 13 other NGOs | October 10, 2016 We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned about a violent crackdown killing innocent Rohingyas which began yesterday in Maungdaw, Arakan State, Myanmar. Last Saturday night/early [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | October 10, 2016 In Burma’s general election in November 2015, many ethnic Kachin voted in support of the National League for Democracy (NLD) based on party leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s promises of [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 4, 2016 September Clash Account (Kachin State and Northern Shan State) Clashes – 61 Burma Army Jet (Attack) – 2 Burma Army Jet (Recon) – 13 Burma Army Helo (Attack) – 3 Burma Army [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 27, 2016 Myanmar’s military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday cancelled plans to give partial control of five of its departments to regional and state chief ministers, following the leaking of an office [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 28, 2016 Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of peaceful negotiation that would [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 26, 2016 Ko Kyaw Tin Aung, a protester from the nearby town of Moe Pyae, said that a multi-ethnic mix of demonstrators–Kayan (Karenni), Inn and Shan local residents–had turned out at [...]