News
March 17, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
A two-day quarterly meeting of the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) at an undisclosed venue along the Thai-Burma border which concluded yesterday...
March 17, 2011
| Hseng Khio Fah
Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’’s core base Namlao in Shan State North’s Tangyan township, the gateway to its ally the United Wa State Army (UWSA), was...
March 17, 2011
| Jai Wan Mai
Two more clashes between Burmese government troops and the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) took place in northern Burma on Tuesday, according to local...
March 17, 2011
| Myo Thant
A National Democratic Force (NDF) member of the Burmese Parliament opposed a motion by a MP in his own party on Tuesday to extend free education to...
March 17, 2011
| Myo Thant
The National Democratic Force (NDF) leader Khin Maung Swe said that the European Union (EU) will decide in April whether to modify or lift sanctions...
March 17, 2011
| Aung Myat Soe
The Burmese Telecommunication and Communication Ministry has issued a directive banning the use of the Internet for ‘voice over Internet protocol’ (...
March 17, 2011
| Phanida
Kyauk Win Kwan, the vice chairman of the United Wa State Party (UWSP), told a party conference that the Wa army can successfully resist the Burmese...
March 17, 2011
| Kyaw Kha
Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter told a press conference in Rangoon on Tuesday that FIFA would provide...
March 17, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Burma’s border security force, or Nasaka, began checking household lists in Nasaka Area No. 6 and collecting money by using new tactics among the...
March 17, 2011
| Kaladan Press
A youth was severely beaten and dragged by personnel of the General Engineering (GE) military unit after causing a cycle accident on Maungdaw-Bawli...
March 17, 2011
| Kaladan Press
An ex-village chairman was killed by unknown assailants in Maungdaw Township on March 13 at about 10:00 pm while he on his way home after having...
March 17, 2011
| Kaladan Press
A registered refugee of Nayapara Camp hopes to save his life with the assistance of the UNHCR and the concerned Bangladeshi authorities who supervise...
March 17, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Officers of Burma’s border security force, or Nasaka, harassed Rohingya students who were on their way to sit for their matriculation examination,...
March 17, 2011
| KNG
Burmese troops were forced out of the territory of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Waingmaw Township in Kachin State on Saturday, March 12,...
March 16, 2011
| Saw Khar Sunyar
Although in recent months there has been less gunfire fighting between Karen armed groups and the Burmese Army in the area controlled by KNU Brigade...