Burma Link | June 29, 2017 As the President of the Karen Student Network Group (KSNG), Saw Htoo Htoo Stin has an important role in shaping the future of the youth of Karen State. He and the KSNG organization [...]
Burma Link | June 27, 2017 Saw Bless grew up a multi-ethnic village in Taungoo, Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 2. Things started changing for young Saw Bless after he started going to school ran by the Karen Education Department [...]
Burma Link | June 23, 2017 Julia Mayerhofer joined the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) in 2011 and is currently the Secretary General. Julia’s passion and interest to work with refugees goes back ten years when she was [...]
Burma Link | June 20, 2017 Saw Say Moo is a 27-year-old ethnic Karen refugee from Mu Traw district, Karen state. Ever since he was born, Say Moo has had a challenging life. With his two siblings and his parents, [...]
Burma Link | June 15, 2017 Naw Wah is committed to improving the lives of a great number of people. First, she has the residents of Karen State’s T’wal Thaw village, of which she is the village chief. Then [...]
Burma Link | June 13, 2017 As a child, Saw Klee K’Paw’s education didn’t come easy. He studied in his village until grade 4 when fighting broke out in his village and he and his family had to flee. [...]
Burma Link| June 8, 2017 Naw Ku is a former high school teacher and now a student. She studies at English Immersion Program (EIP) to further develop her English skills and widen her horizons. EIP requires students to speak [...]
Burma Link| June 6, 2017 Khun Tu Tu Lay is an ethnic Kayan student who comes from the central headquarters of Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the main ethnic Kayan armed actor, in the Karenni State. Although KNLP had [...]
Burma Link| June 5, 2017 Padoh David Tharckabaw joined the resistance movement nearly seven decades ago when he was only 14 years old. Due to his young age, Padoh David joined without the knowledge of his parents and had [...]
Burma Link | May 31, 2017 Over many years, General Baw Kyaw Heh, Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), has been defending the Karen State and working towards [...]