December 2017
Myanmar’s Forgotten and Forsaken War Victims
By Leena Zieger and Clarisse Tistchenco / Asia Times | December 10, 2017 The Ei Thu Hta camp on the Thai-Myanmar border faces foreign aid cuts that threaten the lives of its still vulnerable residents. [...]
November 2017
A 2020 Vision for the Kachin
Lahpai Seng Raw/Kachinland News | November 28, 2017 It has been a full 2 years since the landslide victory of the NLD in the 2015 elections, and the subsequent formation of a civilian-led government. At [...]
Healing Behind Military Lines in Kayin State
By Jared Downing/Frontier Myanmar | November 22, 2017 After 70 years of conflict, the KNU and local NGOs are beginning to work alongside the government in providing healthcare to the Karen people. A cycle crash [...]
In Thai Border Camps, Funding Cuts Leave Refugees in Limbo
Kaelyn Lynch/Karen News | November 21, 2017 Refugees from Burma are finding it difficult to stay, difficult to go home. In Thailand, funding cuts to refugee camps have left over 100,000 displaced people from Burma [...]
August 2017
KNU Leaders Urge Youth to Maintain Tradition
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 13, 2017 Papun Township, KAREN STATE — On Saturday, ethnic Karen in their colorful, traditional attire joined the commemoration of the 67th Karen Martyrs’ Day, the day [...]
Burma’s Ethnic People Speak to Mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Burma Link | August 11, 2017 The decades-long struggle of Burma’s ethnic nationalities for equal rights, social justice and federal democracy, and the grave human rights abuses occurring predominantly in outlying ethnic areas, continues to [...]
July 2017
Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘Prospects For Peace Are Not Good’
The Irrawaddy | July 29, 2017 Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we discuss the latest developments in Shan and Kachin states and their impacts on politics and the country’s peace process. The Irrawaddy [...]
June 2017
“Not Safe for the Refugees to Return”: Karen Students Release Their Position on Repatriation
Burma Link | June 22, 2017 Marking the World Refugee Day on June 20, 2017, the Karen Student Network Group (KSNG) released their position on refugee return to Burma in a press conference organised in [...]
Burma: A Reality Check
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | June 11, 2017 Burma has now had its third peace conference. The first, in January 2016, was organized by former President Thein Sein, who to this day is also [...]
Six-Year Battle With No End in Sight
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 9, 2017 RANGOON — Since September 2011 to date, fighting has been on and off in Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-controlled areas in northern and northeastern Burma, particularly [...]