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Photo by – RFA/ The meeting with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army)
March 18, 2019
Following the meeting with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) delegation led by Lt. General Yar Pyae and representatives of Shan State Progress Party (SSPP...
UNAPhoto : UNA
March 7, 2019
On February 27, the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) made up of ethnic political parties and its allied organizations met at the Green Hill Hotel...
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
March 5, 2019
On February 25 representatives from Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and the government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) met for...
AsiaNews : Thousands of Buddhist residents of Arakan State
February 20, 2019
When the authorities consisting police and immigration officials detained and interrogated a large number of returnee monks from Sittwe, Arakan State...
February 18, 2019
A general view of the Myitsone area on a bank of the Irrawaddy river at Irrawaddy Myitsone, near the Myitsone dam project, Myitkyina, Kachin State...
January 30, 2019
2019 marks an important year for Karen armed struggle for self-autonomy in many ways. On January 31st, we will celebrate 70th anniversary of the...
January 16, 2019
Following the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Hong Liang’s Myitkyina visit that took place from 28 to 29 December 2018, where he met leaders of...
January 14, 2019
As the Arakan conflict erupted with vengeance between the government security forces in the west on January 4 and is now still ongoing, creating some...
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
January 9, 2019
The January 4 deadly early morning raids of the four police outposts by the Arakan Army (AA) that inflicted heavy causality to the police forces,...
January 8, 2019
Just as the the Military or Tatmadaw’s peace initiative in the form of unilateral ceasefire covering five military commands seems to be going down...
December 14, 2018
As the year ends, protracted ethnic conflict has expanded into the Rakhine State. The Arakan Army (AA), a new outfit that was formed only in 2009,...
Photo by – NCA-S EAO/ PPST meeting, Chiang Mai 10-11/10/2018
November 13, 2018
With the recent confirmation of the Karen National Union (KNU) statement on November 10 made known, that it is withholding its non-participation...