By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 26, 2016 It looks, smells, and feels like a war zone. The highway is lined with military vehicles and 120mm artillery guns point up into the mountains where rebel troops from a [...]
By Lawi Weng/ The Irrawaddy | September 22, 2016 Burma Army officers tried to convince displaced ethnic Karen on Thursday to return to their villages, despite continuous daily fighting in Karen State’s Mae Tha Waw area, The Irrawaddy has [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 19, 2016 4,000 ethnic Karen were sent running from their homes by a sudden surge in violence in the Karen State. Burma Army-proxy Border Guard Force (BGF) attacked a faction of the DKBA [...]
By Ye Mon / The Myanmar Times | September 19, 2016 Deadly clashes are continuing to flare in Hpapun township, Kayin State, three weeks after fighting first broke out. Negotiations between armed factions last week appear to have failed to [...]
Statement by the Legal Aid Network (LAN) | Sept 19, 2016 Legal Analysis Statement on current armed conflict in Karen State from the perspective of human rights and the rule of law vis-a-vis the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Since the [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 14, 2016 Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian supplies for over 3,800 villagers displaced by a recent wave of armed hostilities in Karen State. Local [...]
By Saw Thoo Lei & Eh K'Lu / The Karen Times | September 12, 2016 DKBA Troops Preparing for Assaults on Burma Army and BGF On September 1, leaders of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army released a statement [...]
Statement by Karen National Union | September 13, 2016 Karen National Union Statement on Military Activities by Government Tatmadaw (Army) and BGF Forces in Mae Thawaw Region in Contact with Pa-an and Papun Districts The Karen National Union (KNU) [...]
By Saw Yan Naing/ The Irrawaddy | September 13, 2016 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — More than 3,000 villagers in Karen State have fled escalating conflict between a splinter group of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and a joint force of the Burma Army [...]
Karen News | September 11, 2016 As many as 2,000 villagers from 12 villages in Mae Tha Wor areas have fled their villages in fear of being caught in the crossfire between the Burma army, Government backed militia the [...]