By Ka Saw Wah/ Burma News International (BNI) | October 21, 2016 Over 1,000 Karen refugees who fled from Mae Tha Wor in Karen State to Karen villages close to the border with Thailand after fighting in September face [...]
By Ka Hsaw Wah/ Karen News | October 20, 2016 Soldiers from the breakaway Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashed with the government militia, the Border Guard Force, in Htee Poe Zan village tract near Kawkareik at noon on October 19. [...]
By Ye Mon / Myanmar Times | October 18, 2016 Although the guns have fallen silent in Hlaingbwe township, Kayin State, civilians displaced by recent conflict may be unable to return home for several months due to concerns over [...]
Statement by Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | October 17, 2016 The Burma Human Rights Network is closely monitoring the recent events in Northern Rakhine State with great concern following reports of extra-judicial assassinations, arson, indiscriminate killings and mass arrests [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 6, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has called on a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to disband and re-join the KNU, just nine months [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 29, 2016 The Karen Women Organisation (KWO) called for an end to fighting between the Burma Army supported by Border Guard Forces (BGF) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA) in ceasefire [...]
Press release by Karen Rivers Watch | September 29, 2016 Burma Army’s actions in Karen State threaten to expand fighting, endangering peace process and displaced people’s return Fighting is directly linked to Hat Gyi dam, Karen leader says YANGON, MYANMAR [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 28, 2016 Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of peaceful negotiation that would [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 28, 2016 Though Border Guard Forces (BGF) claim to now control the road between Myaing Gyi Ngu and Mae Tha Wor refugees from Mae Tha Wor are still facing difficulties returning home due [...]