Ethnic issues Karenni Lead Story News
Five Karenni men were released from Loikaw Prison on Wednesday after serving 20-day sentences for violating Burma’s Peaceful Assembly Law, and the day prior three other men who were arrested for holding a subsequent solidarity protest were informed that the prosecution would be dropping their case.
Karenni Lead Story Military News
“The Burmese army handed over the ashes of the soldiers to the KNPP on 21 December 2017.”
Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News
Eumeralla and its local partner Myanmar Energy Resources Group are seeking to explore a 400km-square area in Karenni State.
Locals in Demoso say the KNPP imposes an annual tax of about 5,000 kyat per household, and that they were given a 10 October deadline to pay up.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
While foreign observers largely praised the NCA signing, leaders from some ethnic groups that did not accede to the accord expressed their skepticism.
Environment Karenni Land Lead Story Logging Natural resources News
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) announced a total ban on new logging of teak and other hardwoods in Karenni State, and has outlawed all logging businesses in the territory.
Karenni Army troops have left the Karenni State capital after causing a stir by entering the town in defiance of a government ban.
Karenni Lead Story News Peace Process
Armed soldiers were amongst a delegation from the KNPP that arrived in Loikaw on Thursday for talks with Burmese military representatives
Constitution Ethnic issues Karenni Lead Story News
The 63rd Karenni State Day celebrations are underway, though conflicting opinions of the occasion remain.
Conflict Karenni Lead Story Military News
Military has been “reinforcing its troops, expanding outposts, storing supplies and ammunition, and confiscating and staking off land for the army”: KCSN
Karenni farmers, who sent a letter to Commander-in-chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing asking him to intervene in a local land dispute, say they have now been threatened by local military commanders.
Karenni Lead Story News Peace Process
Abel Tweed, who is chairing the last day of ceasefire talks in Laiza, said on Monday that the ethnic alliance was “hoping for the best, but would also prepare for the worst”.
More than 200 farmers staged a protest on Tuesday in the town of Hpruso in Karenni State against land grabs by the Burmese military by marching to the confiscated farmland in question to plough it.
Karenni New Year has been openly celebrated inside Burma for the first time in recent history as peace with the government offers the revitalisation of local culture.
Karenni rebels take the peace process a step forward by signing an accord with a government delegation aimed at reducing hostilities and creating development in Karenni state.
The Molo Women Mining Watch Network and Karenni Civil Society Network have strongly condemned the Burmese government’s practice of granting mining contracts in conflict zones in Karenni state.
Karenni rebels and government peace negotiators have agreed to begin resettling some of the thousands of people displaced by years of ethnic conflict in eastern Burma, at a landmark meeting on Wednesday
The United Nationalities Federal Council will hold off from sitting down with the government’s Union-level Peace Making Work Committee until next year
The Karenni National Progressive Party’s Vice President Abel Tweed said holding additional rounds of talks with the government is necessary after agreeing to an initial ceasefire in March and a union-level deal in June
Following a union-level ceasefire agreement, the Karenni National Progressive Party opened its first liaison office in the Karenni state capital of Loikaw yesterday
The Karenni National Progressive Party is travelling to Karenni state to talk with locals about the peace-process ahead of union-level talks with the government
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Ethnic bloc says “Nation of a Federal Democratic Union”; Tatmadaw insists on “Nation of Democratic and Federal Union”.
Military representatives apparently wish the term federal union to be replaced by nation of democratic and federal union.
“Once UNFC is on the NCA path and is negotiating with the other parties involved, it can amend the things they do not want. There is nothing to be concerned about.”
“We understand that the government has a lot of issues to resolve, in particular the Arakan Crisis. However, the peace process should be its priority,” says Khun Okker.
A major member of the United Nationalities Federal Council, the Shan State Progressive Party, has submitted a resignation letter to the council, with the ethnic armed group on Sunday revealing its plans to leave the coalition.
Following the recent resignation of the KIO and other members, the UNFC now consists of just five groups: the NMSP, SSPP, KNPP, LDU and ANC.
