According to the SSA-N, roughly seven Burmese army battalions entered the area and took positions across the town last week, causing locals to flee their homes in fear of renewed fighting.
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DVB Peace Doc: 'Missing Home'; RCSS leader meets with junta for 'peace talks'
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM DVB Peace Doc: “Missing Home” DVB Peace Documentary 2022 Finalist “Missing Home” shares the story of a Chin woman from Paletwa, Chin State. She lost her home and everything she owned in 2018, during the war between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Burma Army. In this documentary, she shares her …
Turnell returns home to Australia, 88 Generation activist released in amnesty
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Military council frees thousands from prison in amnesty The plane carrying Sean Turnell has landed in Melbourne, bringing the Australian economist back home after he endured 650 days behind bars in Burma. The former adviser to deposed leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi was flown to Bangkok last night before boarding a …
500 flee homes in Namtu as Shan, Ta’ang armies clash
Most travelled by foot, carrying what possessions they could.
Wa, Mongla groups ‘accept’ nationwide ceasefire accord: govt peacemaker
A member of the government’s Peace Commission says the United Wa State Army and the National Democratic Alliance Army, the latter also known as the “Mongla group,” accept the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, an accord that the two influential ethnic armed groups had previously spurned.
SSA-North rejects encroachment accusations
The state government accuses the Shan army of contravening a state-level agreement outlining areas of control and prompting hostilities with Burmese troops.