Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 1, 2016. Contrary to recent reports, there is no peace in the areas of Kawsar Sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State, according to community leaders and senior monks from southern Ye Township. “The time [...]
Mizzima | March 30, 2016. As darkness fell in Khanwebo on the night of February 3, a sudden ruckus erupted when dozens of policemen entered the coastal village in Ayeyarwady Region. They were looking for farmers locked in a [...]
Aik Sai/Mon News Agency (MNA) | 30 March, 2016. The eight ethnic armed groups that signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with the Thein Sein Government have founded the Ethnic Armed Organization Peace Process Steering Team (EAO PPST) in [...]
Mizzima | March 27, 2016 Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing called for Myanmar’s military to remain a political force in the country at the 71st Armed Forces Day held in Nay Pyi Taw on Sunday. Noticeably absent from [...]
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network (SSFN) and Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | March 3, 2016 The Shan State Farmers’ Network (SSFN) and the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) deplore renewed attempts by gold mining companies [...]
Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) | March 1, 2016 As the Myanmar Tatmadaw’s (MT) massive force expansion and stepping up of offensive in Kyauk-me, Namh-San, Man-tong, Nam -tu, Nam-kham, Kut-kai etc. areas of Ta’ang Region are an attempt, thwarting [...]
Statement by Women's League of Burma (WLB) | March 4, 2016 WLB urges new NLD-led government, and donors, to start afresh with the peace process. The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned at the recent fighting in [...]
S'Phang Shaung / Karen News | February 23, 2016New executive members of the Karen Refugee Committee (KRC) have called for the new NLD government to put the issue of refugee repatriation on its agenda. The KRC executive said the [...]
Press release by Burma Partnership | February 12, 2016 [12 February, 2016] Today, on the 69th anniversary of the signing of the Panglong Agreement, it is time to review the failures of the recent peace process, urged Burma Partnership. [...]
By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | February 2, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy have now taken over the government of Burma - at least those parts not reserved for the military. She has announced [...]