By Frontier Myanmar | October 6, 2017 A group of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand who complained to its human rights commission about their treatment at a chicken farm have appeared in court on criminal defamation charges, media reported. [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 20, 2017 A Thai court convicted and sentenced a former three-star general and 61 other defendants Wednesday in Thailand’s largest human trafficking case, which stemmed from the discovery of graves of Rohingya Muslims [...]
By Saw Shar / Karen News | July 09, 2017 Cynthia Maung, a doctor who has spent nearly three decades working with migrants and refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border, was honored with the 2017 Baptist World Alliance Denton and [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | July 06, 2017 More than 60,000 Myanmar workers have returned from Thailand over the past two weeks amid an exodus sparked by new labor regulations. Over half of the [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | October 14, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) is deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej. On this sad occasion, the Karen National Union would like [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 24, 2016 Shan civic groups held a press conference in Bangkok today, claiming that the Burmese government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, is working secretly in support of dam construction [...]
By Libby Hogan / DVB | July 27, 2016 Civil society organisations (CSOs) operating on Burma’s borders are calling on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to eliminate a blacklist that continues to prevent them from fully participating in the [...]
Karen News, June 12, 2014 Child migrant workers in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae Sot struggle to earn enough to survive, working in dirty, difficult and dangerous work, many miss out on an education and are vulnerable to [...]
Burma Link | December 20, 2013 Htay Htay is a half Karen half Burman woman who came to Thailand in search of a better life. Now, she lives in a rubbish dump in the outskirts of the border town [...]
Burma Link | December 9, 2013 This is a story of the strength of the human spirit, of incredible resilience and courage as well as kindness and reaching out to others. This story sheds light to the difficulties faced [...]
