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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...
Fear voiced for those caught up in the fighting - IDP Camp in Kachin State. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 7, 2016
The Kachin National Organisation is calling on the United Nations to investigate what it terms ‘crimes against humanity’ in Kachin State.
October 7, 2016
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has reportedly sent more troops into territory under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) as...
October 6, 2016
The Karen National Union (KNU) is prepared to reunite with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA), a splinter group of the Democratic...
October 6, 2016
The United States will not put pressure or any ethnic armed organization (EAO) that is yet sign to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA),...
October 6, 2016
Ongoing military operations by the Burma Army and government militia against DKBA forces are a threat to the peace process, Karen military leaders...
People displaced by fighting between the RCSS/SSA and the Burma Army
October 5, 2016
About 2,000 people fled their homes after the Burma Army attacked a Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) relief centre in...
L to R: Hso Hom Fa aka Myee, who was shot in 1962, adopted sister Thila, step-sister Sao Sanda Simms, Hso Harn Fa aka Harn Yawnghwe, Hseng Leun Hkam, and Hso Khan Pha aka Tiger Yawnghwe. Photograph from the 1950s. (Harn Yawnghwe)
October 5, 2016
Hso Khan Pha, an exiled Burmese prince who had been quietly living in a small central Alberta town, has died at age 78.