Phophtaw News Association

2015-02-05
For the nationwide ceasefire agreement to succeed there needs to be more participation from community based organisations (CBOs) in the peace process...
2014-12-25
Two bandit leaders whose gang who killed two Karen National Union (KNU) soldiers and robbed bus passengers in the Malwha Mountains near the Yephyu...
2014-12-19
The abbots from six village monasteries in Ye Township, Mon State asked the Mon State Government to stop the construction of a coal-fired power plant...
2014-12-16
Burma News International (BNI) an umbrella organisation for ethnic Burmese media and the Myanmar Journalists Network (MJN) have been accepted as...
2014-12-09
At the first commanders meeting of the Federal Union Army (FUA) held in a liberated area on 28th and 29th November it was decided to form two...
2014-11-27
Eight points which were not previously discussed will be discussed at the next nationwide ceasefire talks between the Nationwide Ceasefire...
2014-11-25
An inaccurate news report caused uproar and questions amongst ethnic groups because it stated that Nai Hongsar had said that the ethnic armed forces...
2014-11-10
About 200 Shan people who were forcibly recruited into the Kachin Independence Organization/army (KIO/KIA) still need to be free according to U Sai...
2014-11-07
Representative from the Japanese Government’s development agency the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have met with representatives of...
2014-11-05
At recent national reconciliation talks the government and parliament were well represented but less than half of the ethnic political groups were...
2014-10-22
The unification of four Karen armed forces into a united military organisation under the name ‘Kawthoolei Armed Force’(KAF) was welcomed by Karen...
2014-10-17
An all women political party led by Mon women and based in Mon State submitted their registration to the Union Electoral Commission (UEC) in...
2014-10-09
Due to mounting government pressure, on 6th October the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) returned seven government weapons which they seized...
2014-10-06
Two clashes between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and government troops broke out in Namkhan and Kut Kai of Northern Shan State on Wednesday...
2014-10-03
The No.1 battalion commander of the Mon Peace and Defence Force, Major Nai Min Maung (aka Ko Toe) was arrested in Mawlamyine Township on 30th...

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