The 61st Republic Day of Nagaland – Speech of President Viyalie Metha
KEDAHGE, Federal Government of Nagaland | March 22, 2016 Fellow Countrymen, As we gather here today to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the founding of our Federal republic, let us all give thanks to God [...]
New Book Brings Stories of Burma’s Ethnic Nationalities from the Thailand-Burma Border to Local and International Audiences
Press release by Burma Link | March 16, 2016 (March 16, 2016) Today, Burma Link launches a book, Lives on the Line: Voices for Change from the Thailand-Burma Border, in English and Burmese. The book [...]
Maintaining Arms Embargo is Crucial to Peace Process
Khu Oo Reh, The Irrawaddy | January 28, 2016 In 2016,the question of lifting the on-going arms embargo and related sanctions against the Tatmadaw, as the Burma Army is known, and its civilian cronies will [...]
Some Questions to India and Its Army Over the Aerial Assault of NSCN K Camps
By Kaka D. Iralu | June 12, 2015 Some Indian politicians and army Generals have been boasting that a surgical operation assisted by unmanned Drone air crafts and Mi-17-V Choppers had successfully eliminated two Naga [...]
Mon IDPs Concerned About Lack of Aid in Halockhani
This article was originally published on The Irrawaddy on January 20, 2015 Ariana Zarleen, January 20, 2015 SANGKHLABURI, Thailand — Nestled between lush green mountain tops and surrounded by spectacular scenery, Halockhani has been a [...]
Accessible Education for Burma’s Ethnic Children – Would You Walk Four Hours to Go to School?
Ethnic Kayan children in the middle Kayan region inside Burma have to go through extreme lengths for their education – literally. These children spend four hours every day walking through the jungle just to be able to go to school. An inside source, asked to remain anonymous, told Burma Link that most of these Kayan students […]
Karen Armed Forces Statement on Reunification
October 13, 2014 1. In accordance with the wishes of the Karen people, we, the forces of KNLA, KNDO, DKBA and KNU/KNLA-PC have unanimously reunified as the (Kawthoolei Armed Forces – KAF). […]
Developing the Forgotten Land – Eastern Nagaland in Northwest Burma
Ariana Zarleen / Burma Link Eastern Nagaland has greatly suffered under the coercive control of the Burmese military junta, and is undoubtedly one of the most forgotten and least developed areas in the whole world. In a land […]
Speech of KNU President Gen. Saw Mutu Say Po on 64th Anniversary of Karen National Martyrs’ Day
Dear All the Karen Nationals, Dear All Patriotic Leasers and Comrades, Today is the 64th Anniversary of our Karen nation’s Martyrs Day. It is the day we commemorate the martyrs ‐ President Saw Ba U Gyi, patriotic leaders, comrades in arms and the Karen people, who have fallen in the struggle […]
Forced Conversion to Buddhism in Eastern Nagaland
By Wondin | Eastern Nagaland, May 29, 2014 The Eastern Nagas in Burma, under the Sagaing Division now called Naga Self-Administered Zone (NSAZ), are predominantly Christians. The traditional belief of the Nagas was animism, but [...]
Why Ceasefire Process is Slow
By Duwa Jee The ethnic nationalities of Burma/Myanmar is of the view that the ethnic armed resistance forces are desirous of ending the more than 60-year long civil war peacefully by political means, whereas the [...]
ENOUGH!
Moegyo, February 18, 2014 Why - Am I raped, beaten, and imprisoned? Must I porter for the Tatmadaw? Did I lose my leg because of a landmine? Must I hide in the jungle? Can’t I get medical care and an education?