Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 25, 2016 Since late September there have been repeated clashes between Burma Army forces and a Karen faction (DKBA) in the Mae Tha Waw area of Hpa An District [Past Report: Burma Army and [...]
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 [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | October 14, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) is deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej. On this sad occasion, the Karen National Union would like [...]
Statement by Karen National Union (KNU) | October 4, 2016 In line with decision of the Karen National Union (KNU) 15th Congress, the Karen Armed Forces Unity committee was formed on 26-2-2016, in order to be able to unify [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mizzima | September 23, 2016 In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) together with [...]