By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2018 YANGON — Khin Myat Moe is a 4-year-old ethnic Palaung girl born in Nansang in northern Shan State. In January, her mother brought her to a Buddhist nunnery [...]
Speech at the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Ceremony Old Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand Saw Michael / 12 August 2018 Karen soldiers are not the only Karen martyrs So what is a “martyr”? In my view, a “martyr” [...]
Burma Link | August 2, 2018 This story is the most recent update to Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Lay Lit comes from a village in a [...]
Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC) and Burma Link | June 19, 2018 Khu Myar Reh is a teacher and human rights activist who fled Burma Army violations in Karenni State to the Thailand-Burma border at the age of 37, [...]
Karen News | June 11, 2018 Karen education officials warn cuts to refugee camp programs are forcing schools to close. Higher education schools in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border are running out of funding, are struggling to keep [...]
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Some schools in the Kayin (Karen) refugee camps are facing difficulties to continue teaching in upcoming years due to lack of funding, according [...]
Burma Link | January 17, 2018 Ko Kya grew up amidst conflict in Hee Poe Der village in Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade. The villagers had to often hide in the jungle when they heard Burma Army was [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | October 30, 2017 KHRG presents 'Foundation of Fear: 25 years of villagers' voices from southeast Myanmar', an extensive review of 25 years of KHRG documentation on militarisation, human rights abuses and village agency. [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | December 12, 2017 It is time for the Myanmar government and the military to tell the country’s ethnic groups exactly what type of federal system they can expect to be part of [...]
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. Situated in a picturesque [...]