Conflict Kachin Lead Story News
The Kachin State government intends to begin the process of rescuing hundreds of civilians trapped in Injangyang Township by broader regional conflict, with the Burmese military blockading the road linking it to adjacent Myitkyina Township to the west.
Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
The testimonies of two witnesses involved in the controversial detention of a pair of Reuters journalists may have further dented the prosecution’s case on Wednesday as contradictions arose between their accounting of the circumstances surrounding the young men’s arrest.
A Shan State court on Friday sentenced two Kachin pastors to harsh multi-year prison sentences after they were caught up in conflict in Muse Township, with the two men found guilty of all charges brought against them, including “unlawful association.”
Conflict Kachin Lead Story Video
In this DVB Business Debate, our panelists consider the Kachin conflict’s implications for business, in a region rich in natural resources and bordering the economic powerhouse China to the north.
Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya
International aid groups in Burma have urged the government to allow free access to Arakan State, where an army offensive has sent 480,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh but hundreds of thousands remain cut off from food, shelter and medical care.
Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Video
DVB’s Youth Voice team visits camps for the internally displaced in Kachin State to speak to young people about the particular challenges they have faced as the war raging in northern Burma entered its seventh year.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma said on Friday a visiting US official would not be allowed to go to a region where violence has triggered an exodus of nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims that the United Nations has branded a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.”
Bullet Points Ethnic issues Kachin Lead Story Video
Follow DVB as we visit Kachin State some six years into the conflict there, which has displaced more than 100,000 civilians.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma pledges “no restrictions” on journalists visiting the troubled state of Arakan this week, in the first official trip to include foreign reporters to mostly Rohingya Muslim villages affected by violence since October.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
A spokesman for the Ta’ang National Liberation Army says his people are ready to hold talks aimed at ending their ongoing conflict with the Restoration Council of Shan State.
About 2.2 million children living in remote, conflict-hit parts of Burma could be left behind as the country rapidly develops following decades of military rule, the United Nations warns.
“An 80-year-old woman named Ya Lai was killed when a shell landed on her house,” says a TNLA spokesperson.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government took over last April amid soaring hopes among both her backers in Western governments and ordinary voters at home. A year on things look very different.
Conflict International Relations Lead Story News
Aid workers and those displaced have expressed fears of a more violent and protracted conflict than a previous flare-up in the Kokang region in early 2015.
Bullet Points Ethnic issues News Politics
Thousands of civilians remain displaced by the conflict between a DKBA splinter group and the joint Tatmadaw-Border Guard Force contingent in Karen State.
Conflict IDPs Kachin Lead Story News Suu Kyi
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has acknowledged, albeit somewhat obliquely, the deteriorating security environment in Kachin State, with the office of Burma’s de facto leader donating 300 million kyats ($222,000) to those displaced by conflict.
Arakan Conflict Kachin Lead Story News Rohingya Shan
More than 100,000 people have been displaced across conflict-wracked Arakan, Kachin and Shan states since October, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Human Rights IDPs Kachin Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee was denied access to conflict-wracked Hpakant and Waignmaw townships in Kachin State this week as she undertakes her fifth visit to Burma in her capacity as UN special rapporteur on the country’s human rights situation.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, began a 12-day visit to Burma on Monday amid growing concerns about violence in northern Arakan, Kachin and Shan states.
Conflict IDPs Lead Story News Shan
Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Burma’s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between the Burma Army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.
Govt administrator says it may take some time to repair schools that were partially destroyed by artillery shelling during the two-week conflict.
Conflict Lead Story News Parliament
The motion noted concerns over “sovereignty, the rule of law, stability, and peace,” and blamed the Northern Alliance.
The Burmese military is “on a path to annihilate the ethnic rebels,” instead of looking for a peaceful solution, say coalition.
Karen Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
Domestic tourists flock to the area for religious pilgrimages, but foreign visitors may enjoy trekking in the misty mountains and viewing the natural beauty.
A human rights group in Karen State is calling for the demilitarisation of former conflict areas to ensure that Burma’s ongoing peace process is “stable and long lasting”.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan
Kyaukme has been for many years a peaceful town, its ethnic Shan and Ta’ang residents co-existing in relative harmony. But armed conflict is threatening to tear the communities apart.
Conflict Environment Lead Story News
Shan community groups are calling for the suspension of a Chinese-backed dam on the Salween River that they say risks exacerbating conflict and environmental problems.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Women's Issues
After decades of conflict, women in former war zones along Burma’s borders continue to struggle with unequal treatment, a new report finds.
Business Conflict Lead Story Natural resources News
Proceeds from Burma’s annual sale of jade, gems and pearls totalled US$592.12 million, down nearly 10 percent from 2015, government data showed.
