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 [...]
Statement by Karen National Union (KNU) | September 21, 2016. Today, September 21, was designated by the United Nations as World Peace Day in 1981, and the Day has been started to be honored and celebrated at the UN head [...]
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 [...]
Burma Link | September 15, 2016 Mee Lay is a 25-year-old inspiring young refugee woman who spent her early years in malaria infested jungle hideouts with constant food insecurity and struggle to go to school. Despite her childhood memories [...]
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 [...]
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 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 News | September 2, 2016 Funding cuts have decreased food rations, negatively impacted already weakened health care and education systems, and a resettlement process has taken many in community leadership roles before replacements can be adequately trained. Refugees feel [...]