International Karen Organisation (IKO) | May 15, 2018 1. In the previous months of March, as the Myanmar Tatmadaw (MT or Burman Army)in an act of aggressive expansion, intruded into the demarcated territory of the Karen National Union (KNU), [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | May 10, 2018 The KNU formed the Military Affairs Negotiation Team (MANT) with the intention of preventing confrontational situations in the implementation of the ceasefire agreement. The MANT has been entrusted to negotiate and [...]
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) | May 10, 2018 While following, consistently and to the best of its ability, the political leadership, doctrines, policies, rules and regulations of the Karen National Union (KNU), the KNLA is a revolutionary resistance [...]
Karen Women's Organisation (KWO) | May 10, 2018 The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) condemns all acts by the Burmese military in violation of the nationwide ceasefire. The Burmese Army has repeatedly demonstrated their lack of accountability and regard for [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 10, 2018 HPAKANT TOWNSHIP, Kachin State — Hundreds of villagers displaced by conflict in Hpakant Township have been ordered by the Burmese military to evacuate their makeshift camps and [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | May 10, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Karen National Union has urged the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to stop deploying troops and doing roadwork in an area controlled by its armed wing, [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | May 9, 2018 A court in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on Wednesday fined two ethnic Kachin youth leaders for organizing a protest to demand that authorities assist IDPs trapped by [...]
Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) | May 8, 2018 The continued offensives by the Burma Army (or Tatmadaw) against the Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State escalated rapidly in April, displacing over 5,000 civilians. On April 30, over 5,000 [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 8, 2018 More than 90 refugees from Burma on Monday returned home from Thailand as part of an official repatriation agreement between the Thai and Burmese governments. Ninety-three people — comprising 28 households [...]
Karen News | May 4, 2018 Displaced families, fleeing the fighting in northern Karen State, crossed into Thailand to find safety, but were turned away by camp authorities at the Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp last week. The [...]