By Amrita Dey / Myanmar Times | August 30, 2016 Newly democratic Myanmar is all set to launch its 21st-century Panglong Conference on August 31. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed that her government is keen [...]
The Karen Times | August 30, 2016 It is commonly agreed by experts, political analysts, ethnic communities and foreign leaders that federalism will be the best political system in Burma to resolve the country’s decades old armed conflict between [...]
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 [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | August 26, 2016 A workshop by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) about the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was held in Karen State capital Hpa-an. Saw Kyaw Swar, with a [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 17, 2016 To: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister, We are writing to express our great concern at your government’s announcement on August 12 that you will proceed with hydropower [...]
Karen National Union Supreme Headquarters Kawthoolei | August 12th, 2016 Dear Karen Nationals, Leaders and Comrade Menfolk & Womenfolk, Today, the 12th of August, is the 66th Anniversary of Karen National Martyrs’ Day. Our Karen people have a number [...]
By DVB | August 4, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has vowed to investigate the alleged abuse of young men in Tenasserim Division caught on a video that is circulating online. The video, which has attracted criticism on [...]
Burma Link | July 21, 2016 Saw Lah Hset Plet Htee is a Bible schoolteacher and a religious leader who has spent the past thirty years living in Nu Poe refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma border. He originally fled [...]
By Saw Greh Moo / Karen Times | July 16, 2016 The Karen resistance movement was founded based on four guiding principles laid out by Saw Ba Oo Gyi, the father of modern Karen revolution. The four principles are: 1. Surrender is [...]
Karen Times | July 7, 2016 On June 17, a battalion commander from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and twenty of his troops left their base and reunited with the Karen National Liberation Army, the military wing of the [...]