Events

October 20, 2016

The 14 October meeting of National Defense and Security Council (NDSC), the first of its kind since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for...

October 14, 2016

The fighting escalated in different areas especially in Kachin State after 21st Century Panglong Conference. Although ethnic armed groups have...

October 12, 2016

Simultaneously, the Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) also issued a statement stressing that the outcomes stemming from the...

Kachin people hold placards reading 'For a more peaceful day, war is not the way.' and 'Stop civil war in Kachin State' during a protest held to show opposition to the conflict between the Myanmar Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State, in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 3 October 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
October 10, 2016

There should be an outcry. And there is on the ground in Kachin and Shan states where bitter military clashes have been continuing. And thousands...

October 5, 2016

Breathtaking drone footage provides bird’s eye panoramas of hitherto unseen waterfalls, rapids and ancient temples nestled among the countless...

October 4, 2016

I knew that Mongla, due to its aspiration of becoming a Self Administered Zone (SAZ), was developing closer relationship with Naypyitaw. But I had...

October 3, 2016

Joern Kristensen, Director, Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development, DVB, 19 September 2016

It took me only half an hour to watch...

ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
September 19, 2016

Most leaders from each race, party and ethnicity have expressed their views on the three different ideas; on nationalism, federalism and ethnic-...

September 16, 2016

Located in Taunggyi District, close to the popular resort of Inle Lake, Yawnghwe Palace, known locally as Yawnghwe Haw, was the residence of Sao...

September 14, 2016

Demand of NCA signing

The common understanding of 21CPC convening joint committee and as well the Union Political Dialogue...

September 8, 2016

The emotionally charged proposal was the demand for self-rule and autonomous states by several ethnic sub-group or minorities, particularly in...

September 7, 2016

But a closer look at it revealed a controversial issue that has been endorsed by the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, implying that Myanmar see...

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