Mae Tao Clinic | October 11, 2017 In this video, Dr Cynthia Maung, founder of Mae Tao Clinic, explains about how the clinic is of indispensable value for the region. To engage in our [Mae Tao Clinic] fundraising campaign [...]
Burma Campaign UK | October 11. 2017 Burma Briefing No.44 A persistent myth that the military in Burma are looking for an excuse to retake direct control of the country is now being used to justify inaction over the [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | 10 October 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Karen National Union (KNU) leaders have urged the government to consider the administration of areas controlled by the ethnic armed group as outlined in the nationwide ceasefire agreement [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 10, 2017 The international opinion on Myanmar or Burma is undoubtedly very negative these days and there is no argument on that, of course with the exception [...]
Karen News | October 9, 2017 The Karen National Union held an emergency meeting to try to re-energize current peace talks between Ethnic Armed Organisation and Burma’s government. KNU sources claim the peace talks have become bogged down since [...]
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 [...]