Kachinland News (KLN) | July 27, 2016 Ethnic Armed Organizations’ plenary meeting attended by 18 ethnic armed organizations and major ethnic nationalities’ political parties began Tuesday in Mai Ja Yang, a city located in KIO’s administrative area in southern [...]
Burma Partnership | July 26, 2016 On 17 July, 2016, the State Counselor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) to discuss a framework for the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference. Comprising of [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 26, 2016 MAI JA YANG, Kachin State — Leaders representing 17 ethnic armed groups gathered in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State on Tuesday to search for common ground in working toward [...]
Press release by Burma Border-based CSOs | July 26, 2016 Burma Border-based Civil Society Organizations Send an Open Letter to State Counselor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi On 25 July, 2016, 40 civil society organizations (CSOs) based on Burma’s [...]
Report by the Women's League of Burma | July 15, 2016 Continuing Violations of Human Rights and Discrimination Against Ethnic Women in Burma 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY From 1962 to 2011 in Burma, the combination of repressive rule by a male-dominated military [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 20, 2016 Khu Oo Reh, spokesperson for the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), press conference on 18 July, at Chatrium Hotel in [...]
Press Release by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | July 17, 2016 The UNFC Delegation led by Chairman N. Ban La of the KIO met with State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today at the National Reconciliation [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 7, 2016 Lately following the recent meeting between the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signatory 8 Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and Aung San Suu Kyi, de facto leader [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 6, 2016 Farmers in south-central Myanmar’s Bago region began a protest on Wednesday demanding that the army return more than 4,000 acres of land it confiscated from them 25 years ago. Nearly 30 [...]
By Mi Wonsa / Mon News Agency (MNA) | July 7, 2016 It is necessary to have all ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) involved in the 21st Century Panglong Conference, according to a statement released by the New Mon State [...]