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Nai Htet Lwin (left) and Nai Ngwe Thein (right) of MNP (Photo: MNA)
October 11, 2016
Mon National Party (MNP) Chairman Nai Ngwe Thein submitted his resignation letter to the party chairing committee and secretarial group, under the...
Burma Army launches air strikes against KIA positions
October 10, 2016
The Burma Army launched its most intense air strikes to date in the area of the Kachin Independence Organisation’s (KIO) headquarters on 7 October.
A Chinese truck on the road from Myitkyina to Chipwe to Hsawlaw
October 10, 2016
Residents of northern Kachin State have said that though they face restrictions on transporting rice, cooking oil, salt and other household...
October 10, 2016
Government troops have recently increased security at the entrance to Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) Town, on the Thai-Burma border along the highway of...
October 10, 2016
The Chin Youth Network issued a statement on 4 October demanding that the Burma Army immediately halts all of its offensives in ethnic areas,...
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
Air strikes, artillery offensives, thousands of civilians fleeing their homes. This is what's been happening over the last few weeks in northern...
October 10, 2016
Burma and Thai officials have agreed to extend the permit of stay from one day to seven days for people traveling with their temporary border pass...
MI24 Burma Army helicopter gunship firing rockets in a Kachin State offensive Decmeber 2012 (Photo: FBR)
October 10, 2016
The Free Burma Rangers, a frontline humanitarian organization, released a report detailing the recent use of jet fighters by the Burma Army against...
October 10, 2016
At least ten villagers were taken captive by Burmese government forces during clashes with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (...
October 10, 2016
The report about the Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) cement factory is not finished yet, according to the chairman of the natural environment watch...
UWSA leader Bao Youxiang (left) and NDAA-ESS leader U Sai Leun (right)
October 8, 2016
Tensions are high between the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army – Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), also known as...
October 7, 2016
Mon State Hluttaw [Parliament] representatives objected to the day-off request by Chief Minister at on the 3rd day of 3rd Regular Session of Hluttaw...