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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 heldÃâà...
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, theÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
January 5, 2018
... Myanmar Air Strikes in Kachin State Trap Thousands in Mining Region Ãâ÷ Kachin Militia Appoints New Leaders Amid Ongoing Hostilities With Myanmar Forces Ãâ÷ Myanmar Ethnic Militia Organization Calls For Probe of Killings at Karenni Army Base Ãâ÷ Fighting Between Kachin And Myanmar Soldiers ForcesÃâà...
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 aÃâà...
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 DecÃâà...
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 raidedÃâà...
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 andÃâà...
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 ArmyÃâà...
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; PrintÃâà...
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; PrintÃâà...
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 saidÃâà...
