Karen News on Vimeo | September, 2017 Tee Ku, a senior Mae La refugee camp official, in an exclusive interview explains to Karen News, the negative effects the ration cuts and reduction in education and medical services have had [...]
Progressive Voice Myanmar (PV)| September 21, 2017 The crisis in Rakhine State needs international action, not only to stop the campaign of terror inflicted upon innocent civilians, but also in the form of humanitarian aid for the 410,000 people [...]
By Network Media Group / Burma News International (BNI) | September 20, 2017 Tatmadaw officials have reportedly confessed to murdering three Kachin civilians, according local authorities attending court martial hearings open to the public. The six Tatmadaw officials, including [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 18, 2017 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, according to the leader [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 18, 2017 At a public seminar in Thailand last week, Karen and Karenni officials raised concerns about the increasing pressure for refugees to return from the Thai-Myanmar border [...]
By Mizzima News | September 15, 2017 A number of Myanmar exiles have signed an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi asking her to re-evaluate her position as ‘Burmese society is sleep-walking into the abyss of racial hatred [...]
By Burma News International (BNI) | September 14, 2017 Over 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Tanai, Kachin State since June say they are too afraid of soldiers to return home. The Tatmadaw maintains an outpost near the [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency News (SHAN) | September 15, 2017 Following weeks of negative bad press stemming from the conflict in Arakan State, the Restoration Council of Shan State’s (RCSS) visit, due to the invitation of [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 13, 2017 The Karen diaspora is showing increasing irritation at the Karen National Union’s ceasefire stance. The International Karen Organization (IKO) issued a statement [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2017 YANGON — The International Karen Organization (IKO) has called for continued support for thousands of displaced Karen people until a “genuine nationwide ceasefire” is reached. The group issued [...]