By Radio Free Asia | October 6, 2017 An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has abducted about 40 villagers from Waingmaw township in Myitkyina district, the latest incident in the multiethnic country’s ongoing struggles with rebel [...]
By Frontier Myanmar | October 6, 2017 A group of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand who complained to its human rights commission about their treatment at a chicken farm have appeared in court on criminal defamation charges, media reported. [...]
By Saw Shar/Karen News | October 5, 2017 Funding cuts to Burma related groups working on the Thai-Burma border have resulted in 20% salary reduction for health workers at Mae Tao Clinic. The Clinic has run a free service [...]
Karen Human Rights Group | October 3, 2017 This Situation Update describes events occurring in Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District between November 2016 and January 12th, 2017, including military activity, education, business development, livelihoods, healthcare, natural conservation, drug use and [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 3, 2017 YANGON – Fifty-six-year-old father-of-two Bran Li is a former village administrator of Gang Dau Yang village in Waingmaw Township of resource-rich Kachin State. He has been sheltering, for the [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald News | October 4, 2017 With the aim to forge a common policy, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held a stakeholders’ meeting for four days from September 27 to 30, where 15 ethnic political [...]
Written by Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 2, 2017 The “88 Generation” has established a party organising committee in the ethnic Bamar heartland of Hinthada Township, Irrawaddy Division, as it eyes becoming a major political force in [...]
Written by Saw Shar/Karen Information Center (KIC News)/Burma News International (BNI) | October 2, 2017 Hoping to bring relief displaced Karen people whose camp no longer has a source of funding, the Karen diaspora across the border in Thailand [...]
Burma Link | October 3, 2017 Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes from a Karen village in a non-government controlled area of Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 6 in Karen State, southeast Burma. Lay Lit grew up with her [...]
Burma News International/Kachin News Group (KNG) | September 27, 2017 Tired of being taxed by soldiers, and seeing little headway after petitioning state politicians, Kachin State residents are taking up the issue of a graft-riddled checkpoint themselves. The residents [...]