News
November 21, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Chittagong, Bangladesh: 82 Rohingyas from the 600 refugees who were rescued on 17th November while being trafficked to Malaysia, were bought before...
November 21, 2014
| KNG
The largest alliance of ethnic armed groups in Burma, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) claims that it has been able to clear up what...
November 20, 2014
| Translated by BNI
S.H.A.N has learnt that two villagers were detained and questioned by government soldiers at a checkpoint on 12th November because they were wearing...
November 20, 2014
| KNG
A shell fired by Burma army forces hit a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) training ground near Laiza mid-day Wednesday killing 22 young men on impact...
November 20, 2014
| Translated by BNI
The People’s Voice Forum for Karenni State, which will collect information about the obstacles and hardships faced by Karenni people, will be held...
November 20, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Confusion has arisen as to the identity of a drug trafficker and who really owns the assets in Hway-Aot village, Mongton township, eastern Shan state...
November 20, 2014
| KIC
Families moved by the Burmese government to make way for a special economic zone in Thilawa have been living in deplorable conditions, leaving them...
November 19, 2014
| IMNA
If, following ongoing talks in the Burmese Hluttaw (Parliament), the Burmese constitution is amended to follow a federalist system granting equal...
November 19, 2014
| KNG
Troops from the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) armed wing clashed with Burma army forces on 16th November in eastern Kachin State,...
November 19, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Poppy growers in Pekon Township, Southern Shan State have told the government that they cannot give up producing opium unless the government comes up...
November 19, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Thai officials returning to Chiangmai from last week’s security meeting at the Pitsanulok, headquarters of the Thai Third Regional Army that oversees...
November 19, 2014
| Translated by BNI
The Bangladeshi Navy rescued about 600 refugees from a Burmese flagged boat drifting in Bangladeshi territorial waters on 17th November at about 2...
November 18, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Negotiations over compensation for land taken from rubber plantation owners by Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprises (MOGE) for a gas pipeline passing...
November 18, 2014
| Translated by BNI
A petition letter signed by 11 monks and 229 other people was sent to the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) ethnic armed group on 12th...
November 18, 2014
| KNG
Staff from the Yuzana company, one of Burma's largest conglomerates, destroyed a road constructed by local farmers in Wa Ra Zup village in Kachin...