August 2015
Strategic Opportunity Now for Ethnic Leadership of Burma
Tim Heinemann | August 5, 2015 The time has come for ethnic leaders of Burma to directly engage American leaders at all levels of public and private sector before it is too late. After listening [...]
July 2015
New Beginning for the Karen: ‘I Am Not Here Playing the Game – I Am Here to Sacrifice’
Burma Link | July 21, 2015 The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Day was celebrated at the KNDO Headquarters in the Karen State on July 16, 2015. The KNDO, one of the world’s oldest existing [...]
Refugee Students Learn Life’s Lessons
Melanie Keyte / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | 17 July 2015 Close to the Burmese-Thai border, young Karenni refugees study desperately to gain acceptance into universities worldwide. But with talks of repatriation echoing through the [...]
Mon IDPs Begin Reconstructing Their Collapsing Hospital but Help Is Needed
Burma Link | July 14, 2015 Only a few months ago, the clinic in Halockhani, a Mon internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, was collapsing. Anyone walking through the worn out building would [...]
“Partial Peace in Burma” Is the Recipe for Certain Failure
Tim Heinemann | July 10, 2015 This is in response to recent assertions about the goodness of “partial peace in Burma”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Reality: The Government of Burma and its [...]
This is Karen Land…We Have the Right To Stay…
As fighting continues between the Burma Army and Democratic Karen Benevolent Armies, the government has come under fire from a senior Karen General for trying to “shut down the DKBA.” […]
May 2015
Burma’s Pro-Democracy Rebels – Stick to Your Guns!
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch, May 16, 2015 "Stick to your guns" is a well-known English saying. It means that you will not compromise. You will continue to demand what you both need and deserve, [...]
Refugees Concerns Must be Addressed In Any Plans To Repatriate Them
Karen News | May 4, 2015 A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices of Refugees – Situation [...]
April 2015
The Lahu yearn for better education for their children
Ariana Zarleen / Mizzima, April 3, 2015 KYAINGTON, SHAN STATE – In the mountains of eastern Shan State, the Lahu are among the many ethnic groups who continue their traditional farming lifestyle in largely inaccessible [...]
March 2015
Systematic and Widespread Drug Epidemic Destroying Ethnic Communities in Northern Burma
By H. Paladino / Burma Link An epidemic of drug addiction is destroying communities and claiming a generation of young people and scores of men in Kachin State and northern Shan State, embattled ethnic areas [...]