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Radio Free Asia
February 20, 2018
Myanmar army soldiers detained and killed a civilian and three members of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the political wing of the ethnic Karenni army, on Dec. 20 when they raided a Karenni army base in Loikaw township in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state. A fifth man who was also heldÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
January 17, 2018
In recent weeks, we've had the deaths of four Karenni Army soldiers in military custody and the shootout at a Tatmadaw base that left two Lahu People's Militia members dead. In the north, fighting has erupted with both the Kachin Independence Army and Ta'ang National Liberation Army. Meanwhile, theÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
January 5, 2018
... Myanmar Air Strikes in Kachin State Trap Thousands in Mining Region ÷ Kachin Militia Appoints New Leaders Amid Ongoing Hostilities With Myanmar Forces ÷ Myanmar Ethnic Militia Organization Calls For Probe of Killings at Karenni Army Base ÷ Fighting Between Kachin And Myanmar Soldiers Forcesà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 26, 2017
20 when the Regional Operation Command based in Loikaw raided the Karenni Army base in Loikaw Township, according to the KNPP. They were killed at the base, but Myanmar Army personnel took the bodies back to their base and later burned them, the ethnic group claimed. Khu Daniel said that as aÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
December 26, 2017
The KNPP, the political wing of the Karenni army, is among the groups comprising the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), the umbrella organization for ethnic militias that have not signed a nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA), which issued a statement calling for a probe of the killings. On DecÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 22, 2017
The Karenni Army soldiers found illegal timber hidden in the vehicles, but they did not make an issue of the illicit cargo and let the convoy pass. At 9 p.m. that evening, Myanmar Army troops from the Regional Operations Command based in Loikaw raided the KNPP base, Khu Daniel said. “When they raidedÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
June 23, 2017
Yangon/New York – The Tatmadaw today released 67 children and young people from its rank. Since the signature of a Joint Action Plan (JAP) between the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) on Grave Violations against Children and the Tatmadaw in 2012, 849 children andÃÂ ...
WION
June 23, 2017
In November 2007, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)/Karenni Army announced that it had signed a 'Deed of Commitment' (DoC) to not recruit child soldiers, after consultation with UNICEF. In 2012, KNPP, along with another EAO, New Mon State Party (NMSP)/Mon National Liberation ArmyÃÂ ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
October 23, 2013
Karenni army signs seven-point agreement with Burmese govt. The KNPP and a Burmese government delegation signed a 7-point agreement at Loikaw on Wednesday, 23 October 2013. (DVB). By NAW NOREEN / DVB; 24 October 2013; PrintÃÂ ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
July 26, 2012
Karenni army opens liaison offices. Karenni and government offices mark the opening of the KNPP's liaison office in Loikaw on 25 July 2012. (Photo provided by the KNPP). By NAW NOREEN / DVB; 26 July 2012; PrintÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
December 31, 1999
Meanwhile, the government's Myanmar Peace Commission (MPC) and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the political wing of the ethnic Karenni army in eastern Myanmar's Kayah state, are planning to meet on March 5 or 6, instead of in May, commission spokesperson Aung Soe saidÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
January 17, 2018
In recent weeks, we've had the deaths of four Karenni Army soldiers in military custody and the shootout at a Tatmadaw base that left two Lahu People's Militia members dead. In the north, fighting has erupted with both the Kachin Independence Army and Ta'ang National Liberation Army. Meanwhile, theÃÂ ...
Asia Times
December 28, 2017
The Tatmadaw has also charged in late year with killing four members of the Karenni Army, the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), a group that had been negotiating for inclusion in a national peace agreement. Fighting also extended to the borderlands of Rakhine and ChinÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 26, 2017
20 when the Regional Operation Command based in Loikaw raided the Karenni Army base in Loikaw Township, according to the KNPP. They were killed at the base, but Myanmar Army personnel took the bodies back to their base and later burned them, the ethnic group claimed. Khu Daniel said that as aÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
December 26, 2017
The KNPP, the political wing of the Karenni army, is among the groups comprising the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), the umbrella organization for ethnic militias that have not signed a nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA), which issued a statement calling for a probe of the killings. On DecÃÂ ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
December 22, 2017
The Karenni Army soldiers found illegal timber hidden in the vehicles, but they did not make an issue of the illicit cargo and let the convoy pass. At 9 p.m. that evening, Myanmar Army troops from the Regional Operations Command based in Loikaw raided the KNPP base, Khu Daniel said. “When they raidedÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
December 4, 2017
... Group From Delivering Rice to Kachin State Refugees ÷ Fighting in Myanmar's Shan State Forces Hundreds to Flee to Namtu Township ÷ Myanmar Ethnic Militia Organization Calls For Probe of Killings at Karenni Army Base ÷ Mines Blow up Myanmar Army Convoy in Rakhine State, Injuring Four Soldiers.
Radio Free Asia
August 23, 2017
... State ÷ Four Myanmar Militias Pull Out of Ethnic Armed Umbrella Organization ÷ Myanmar Government Opens Second Session of Key Peace Talks ÷ Myanmar Army Seizes Rebel Camps, Kills Insurgents in Kachin State ÷ Myanmar Ethnic Militia Organization Calls For Probe of Killings at Karenni Army Baseà...
WION
June 23, 2017
In November 2007, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)/Karenni Army announced that it had signed a 'Deed of Commitment' (DoC) to not recruit child soldiers, after consultation with UNICEF. In 2012, KNPP, along with another EAO, New Mon State Party (NMSP)/Mon National Liberation ArmyÃÂ ...
Radio Free Asia
June 16, 2017
... Militia Abducts Villagers as Forced Recruits in Myanmar's Kachin State ÷ Myanmar Soldiers Confess to Killing Three Kachin Refugees ÷ Myanmar Military Stops Aid Group From Delivering Rice to Kachin State Refugees ÷ Myanmar Ethnic Militia Organization Calls For Probe of Killings at Karenni Army Baseà...
Democratic Voice of Burma
October 23, 2013
Karenni army signs seven-point agreement with Burmese govt. The KNPP and a Burmese government delegation signed a 7-point agreement at Loikaw on Wednesday, 23 October 2013. (DVB). By NAW NOREEN / DVB; 24 October 2013; PrintÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
June 23, 2017
Yangon/New York – The Tatmadaw today released 67 children and young people from its rank. Since the signature of a Joint Action Plan (JAP) between the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) on Grave Violations against Children and the Tatmadaw in 2012, 849 children and ...
WION
June 23, 2017
In November 2007, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)/Karenni Army announced that it had signed a 'Deed of Commitment' (DoC) to not recruit child soldiers, after consultation with UNICEF. In 2012, KNPP, along with another EAO, New Mon State Party (NMSP)/Mon National Liberation Army ...
Myanmar Times
October 26, 2016
At the Ban Mai Nai Soi camp, 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from Mae Hong Son, Thailand, most of the refugees hail from eastern Kayah State, a land devastated by years of civil war between the Tatmadaw and the Karenni Army, the military branch of the Karenni National Progressive Party. People started to ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 9, 2016
The UN has also identified seven non-state armed groups as “persistent perpetrators” in the recruitment of child soldiers, including the Kachin Independence Army, United Wa State Army, Shan State Army-South, Karenni Army and three Karen factions. The UN says it has begun discussions with some of ...
Myanmar Times
February 11, 2016
“Recently, the UN CTFMR has accelerated its dialogue with the KIO/KIA and KNU and it is foreseen that an agreement shall be reached soon with KNPP [the civilian wing of the Karenni Army, which, like the KIA, is on the UN list of groups using child soldiers as a repeated perpetrator],” she says. However ...
Myanmar Times
October 22, 2015
It is not a smart move, because they will need them in the end,” commented U Shwe Myo Thant, secretary of the Karenni National Progressive Party, the political wing of the Karenni Army, an armed group prominent in Shadaw. It appears the NLD enjoys some grassroots support in other townships.
Myanmar Times
October 20, 2015
So they are making peace with the armed groups so that with their support, they can win some of the ethnic-controlled areas. The USDP [Union Solidarity and Development Party] and the military recently gave 200 rice packages to the Karenni Army [the KNPP's armed wing]. This is the first time such a thing ...
IRINnews.org
August 19, 2012
Two ethnic groups in Myanmar recently became the first rebel fighters to sign a “deed commitment” with Swiss-based rights group Geneva Call, pledging to eliminate underage soldiers and protect children in armed conflict. As signatories the Karenni National Progressive Party/Karenni Army (KNPP/KA)Â ...
IRINnews.org
March 29, 2012
Mutual distrust, power struggles and tension over the hoarding of resources, including gold, gems and timber, have characterized the long history between the rulers of Myanmar - primarily of Burman background - and the many other smaller ethnic groups that comprise this Southeast Asian nation of more ...
Reliefweb
June 23, 2017
Yangon/New York – The Tatmadaw today released 67 children and young people from its rank. Since the signature of a Joint Action Plan (JAP)ÃÂ ...
WION
June 23, 2017
In November 2007, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)/Karenni Army announced that it had signed a 'Deed of Commitment' (DoC)ÃÂ ...
Burma News International
May 10, 2017
The Forestry Department said a lieutenant from the Karenni Army/Karenni National Progressive Party interfered with an operation on May 4.
Pacific Standard
April 20, 2017
Apparently, five groups, including an ethnic Mon army and an ethnic Karenni army, say that they will now join the NCA. The government toutedÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
October 26, 2016
... devastated by years of civil war between the Tatmadaw and the Karenni Army, the military branch of the Karenni National Progressive Party.
Myanmar Times
October 26, 2016
... devastated by years of civil war between the Tatmadaw and the Karenni Army, the military branch of the Karenni National Progressive Party.
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
October 12, 2016
And that applies to the SSA-South [Shan State Army-South] to the Karenni army and to the KNLA [Karen National Liberation Army], where you have some quiteÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 9, 2016
... the recruitment of child soldiers, including the Kachin Independence Army, United Wa State Army, Shan State Army-South, Karenni Army andÃÂ ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 9, 2016
... the recruitment of child soldiers, including the Kachin Independence Army, United Wa State Army, Shan State Army-South, Karenni Army andÃÂ ...
Mizzima News
November 30, 2015
... Liberation Army (KNLA), Karen National Liberation Army Peace Council (KNLAPC), Karenni Army (KA), Shan State Army-South (SSA-S), andÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
October 20, 2015
The USDP [Union Solidarity and Development Party] and the military recently gave 200 rice packages to the Karenni Army [the KNPP's armedÃÂ ...
Myanmar Times
October 20, 2015
The USDP [Union Solidarity and Development Party] and the military recently gave 200 rice packages to the Karenni Army [the KNPP's armedÃÂ ...
tirto.id (Siaran Pers) (Blog)
December 31, 1999
... provinsi Myanmar yang melibatkan pasukan pemerintah dengan milisi-milisi lokal Karen National Liberation Army dan Karenni Army.
Myanmar Times
October 26, 2016
At the Ban Mai Nai Soi camp, 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from Mae Hong Son, Thailand, most of the refugees hail from eastern Kayah State, a land devastated by years of civil war between the Tatmadaw and the Karenni Army, the military branch of the ...
Frontier Myanmar
September 9, 2016
The UN has also identified seven non-state armed groups as "persistent perpetrators" in the recruitment of child soldiers, including the Kachin Independence Army, United Wa State Army, Shan State Army-South, Karenni Army and three Karen factions.
Myanmar Times
February 11, 2016
"Recently, the UN CTFMR has accelerated its dialogue with the KIO/KIA and KNU and it is foreseen that an agreement shall be reached soon with KNPP [the civilian wing of the Karenni Army, which, like the KIA, is on the UN list of groups using child ...
