updated Sat. February 18, 2023
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Reliefweb
April 13, 2018
As the Peace Commission is scheduled to meet the Karenni National Progressive Party on April 23-25, it is believed the government delegation could meet the Shan armed group after that. The SSPP is a member of the seven-member Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC),Ãâà...
Frontier Myanmar
April 13, 2018
In 2015, the MCDP team heard about a big river cave near Hpruso, a 50-minute drive south of the Kayah capital, Loikaw, in an area under the control of the Karenni National Progressive Party. The area was closed to outsiders but in 2016 and 2017 the KNPP granted permission for the team to visit the siteÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
April 12, 2018
Kayah State has numerous non-state armed groups and one large ethnic armed group, the Karenni National Progressive Party, which has not signed the nationwide ceasefire. Tens of thousands of Kayah State residents have fled to Thailand as a result of decades of civil war. Ye Baw from Nang Paw WanÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 10, 2018
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) say they have agreed to hold formal talks to improve relations later this month in Loikaw, the capital of Karenni State. Both sides told The Irrawaddy on Tuesday that they agreed to start the two-day summit onÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
April 5, 2018
There are now only two of the 11-member United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) left — the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Arakan National Council (ANC)— after most of them dropped out to sign the NCA or join the FPNCC. The New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the LahuÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
March 28, 2018
... namely the Karenni National Progressive Party and the Arakan National Council. While the government and ethnic armed groups negotiate over signing the NCA, the lingering conflicts have become a major obstacle for all parties. These conflicts include both signatories and non-signatories of the NCA.
Radio Free Asia
March 2, 2018
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 saidÃâà...
Myanmar Times
February 23, 2018
One armed ethnic group in the state, the Karenni National Progressive Party, has not signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. “This continues the longstanding US commitment to improving the lives of people in Myanmar, particularly in conflict-affected communities,” said US Ambassador to MyanmarÃâà...
Eleven Myanmar
February 21, 2018
The US's Ambassador for Myanmar Scott Marciel visits Kayah State and meets with representatives of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) to discuss their relations with the Tatmadaw. A meeting was held on February 21 with the KNPP in Loikaw and according to KNPP's Central CommitteeÃâà...
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 heldÃâà...
Myanmar Times
February 19, 2018
Leaders of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Tatmadaw are to meet this month with state officials to discuss the disposition of a witness to an alleged killing of KNPP members by Tatmadaw soldiers. Khu Nye Reh, an official of the KNPP, said the meeting will be held on February 28Ãâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 15, 2018
YANGON — The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) says it is considering a request from the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to question a member of the group's armed wing who claims to have seen government troops execute four people in Karenni State in December. The KNPP claims thatÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
February 14, 2018
Among four of the original UNFC members, the NMSP and the LDU signed the NCA suddenly, without thoughtful negotiations with other members – the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Arakan National Council (ANC). According to a source from the NMSP, the UNFC's chair Nai HongÃâà...
Eleven Myanmar
February 12, 2018
Out of the multiple parties and ethnic armed forces within the UNFC, Karenni National Progressive Party had planned to sign the NCA but has temporarily ceased efforts to do so after the clash with Myanmar's military in December 2017. The Shan State Progressive Party, another NCA signee candidateÃâà...
Democratic Voice of Burma
December 26, 2017
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) today demanded an investigation into a case involving the killing of four soldiers from the Karenni National Progressive Party. In a statement, the ethnic bloc UNFC accused Burmese government forces of killing the Karenni troops during a 19 December raidÃâà...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
May 17, 2017
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) confirmed it will not join the upcoming Union Peace Conference next week nor sign the government-proposed deed of commitment (DoC) at a central committee meeting on Wednesday. Khu Plu Reh, a KNPP secretary andÃâà...
Eleven Myanmar
December 31, 1999
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is going to officially meet with the government peace commission at the hall of Loikaw in Kayah State in the last week of April, said Khu Ngyay Rel, an in-charge of Loikaw relations of KNPP. The KNPP is the ethnic armed group that already signed theÃâà...
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
Currently, the UNFC only has four members – the New Mon State Party, Karenni National Progressive Party, Lahu Democratic Union and Arakan National Council. The NMSP and LDU signed the ceasefire agreement on February 13. The SSPP is also likely to rejoin the council, U Twan Zaw said.
Myanmar Times
December 31, 1999
The decision of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) on whether or not to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), would depend on the outcome of the probe on the killings of its members in December allegedly by government troops, an official of the ethnic armed group said. Shwe MyoÃâà...
