Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 5, 2016 When Saw Eh Doh Moo fled to Thailand during an outbreak of fighting in his village, he wasn’t scared — but he was exhausted and hungry. “I was used to hearing [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 5, 2016 The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a splinter group of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, has threatened to take action against the Burma Army and the Border Guard Forces (BGF) if they [...]
Burma News International (BNI)| September 5, 2016 In a motion submitted to the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong yesterday, Karen armed groups requested for the government to adhere to international standards during the repatriation of refugees from camps in [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 29, 2016 To facilitate economic growth in the border towns of Mae Sot and Myawaddy, as well as the rest of Thailand and Myanmar, a new section of the Asian Highway from Thin [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) and THWEE Community Development Network | August 26, 2016 Asian Highway developments linked to conflict and displacement in Karen State A new report by THWEE Community Development Network, the [...]
By Aung Kyaw / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 30, 2016 As the chief-of-staff of a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), one of the signatories to last year’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Gen [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen News | June 20, 2016 Soldiers from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, including a battalion commander, reunited with the Karen National Liberation Army 201 Battalion, Brigade 6th on June 17 in Kawkareik Towship Karen [...]
Burma Link | June 15, 2016 Nerdah Bo Mya was born in a small Karen village in a KNU (Karen National Union) controlled area near Manerplaw—the former headquarters of the KNU and the pro–democracy movement—as the son of the [...]
By Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | May 20, 2016 OVERVIEW Once one of the strongest regions in Burma for the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the area around KNLA 7th Brigade now stands as one of the most divided. [...]
By Burma News International (BNI) | May 16, 2016 The Burma Army helped by Border Guard Force troops (BGF) fought with a Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)’s splinter group for over two hours in Pyar Pin Village, Kawkareik Township, [...]