Part One: The Ethnic Alliances; It’s Rhetoric and Substance in Burma’s Modern Political Transition

By Banya Hongsar for Mon News Agency (MNA) | June 01, 2016 The politics of alliance has never been defined in its own narrative within the ethnic writer and scholar in modern political literature in English. However, it has [...]

2020-05-30T23:06:54+07:00June 6th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Burma Army Commander, Uses Guns to Reinforce Demands for Logs and Forced Labor from Villagers

By Karen News | 04 June, 2016 Local villagers from Maw Kee in Myawaddy District were frightened by gunshot fired Burma army commander near their village. Villagers said the Burma Army was angry in negotiation with villagers when he [...]

2020-05-30T23:06:55+07:00June 6th, 2016|News|

Mae Tao Clinic’s New Facilities to Continue Providing Healthcare Services to the Displaced and Migrant Community of Burma

Press release by Mae Tao Clinic | May 28, 2016 On 28 May, 2016, Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) opened its new and improved health service facilities in Mae Sot, Thailand. The grand opening is a culmination of years of [...]

2020-05-30T23:07:09+07:00May 28th, 2016|Press Releases and Statements|

MPT and TELENOR Telephone Companies Fail to Get Permission – Run Cable Tunnels Through Farm Lands and Homeyards

By Nan Way Phyo Zar, Karen News | May 17, 2016 Villagers in Karen State are upset tunnels dug on their land for international and local telecommunication companies was done without permission. Naung Ka Myaing villagers in Hpa-an township, Karen [...]

2020-05-30T23:07:29+07:00May 18th, 2016|News, Recommended|

Karen Troops Fight Alongside Arakan Army

By Lawi Leng / The Irrawaddy | April 28, 2016 After days of traveling from Karen State, Col. Saw San Aung and dozens of troops arrived in Arakan State last week to help the Arakan Army (AA) fight the [...]

2020-05-30T23:07:59+07:00April 29th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

‘Our Village Was Burnt’: Karen Refugee Naw Woo

Naw Woo doesn’t know her age exactly but she thinks that she is about 40 years old. Naw Woo grew up in a small village in the Karen State, helping her parents make a living with hill-side plantations. Conditions [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:10+07:00April 21st, 2016|Lives on the Line, Stories, Voices|

KNU Prepares Land For Future IDP and Refugee Repatriation

Saw Yan Naing, The Irrawaddy | April 7, 2016 Burma’s long-established ethnic Karen armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), has been preparing land and shelter for the possible return of civilians displaced internally and on the Thai-Burma border [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:17+07:00April 10th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Karen Women’s Organization International Women’s Day Pledge for Parity – A Call for Action

Karen Women's Organisation (KWO) | March 8, 2016. On this International Women's Day 2016, KWO recognizes and pays tribute to all women around the world who dedicate their lives to fighting for women's human rights, equality, justice and women's [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:37+07:00March 8th, 2016|Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|
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