Doing Well by Doing Right Stanley A. Weiss and Tim Heinemann, January 27, 2014 MYANMAR—For a nation that was frozen in place for half a century by a repressive military junta, it is ironic that the government of Myanmar [...]
Ethnic Armed Resistance Organizations/ Law Khee Lar, Kawthoolei, January 20 – 25, 2014 1. Conference of the ethnic armed resistance organizations (or Law Khee Lar Conference) was successfully held from January 20 to 25, for six [...]
Ariana Zarleen, January 24, 2014 Many people around the world have heard about the conflict in Burma. They have heard about the military dictatorship and the struggle for democracy, about Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners. But have [...]
Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy, January 4, 2013 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Burmese government officials have expressed hopes that economic development in the country’s resource-rich frontier areas might help bring an end to decades-long civil wars with ethnic [...]
Burma Link, December 27, 2013 A fire broke out in Mae La refugee camp today. Some refugees told Burma Link that as many as 200 houses were destroyed by the fire. According to most recent estimates the figure is [...]
Ner Dah Mya / Karen News, December 23, 2013 January 2014 marks two years since the Karen National Union signed a temporary ceasefire agreement with Burma’s military, controlled government, and it is time now to reflect on what this [...]
[/fusion_separator] Description This photo gallery displays life in The Best Friend School, one of the many Burmese migrant schools based in the area surrounding the Thai border town of Mae Sot. According to Burmese Migrant [...]
Zoya Phan / Karen News, October 12, 2013 A number of international governments, organisations and individuals try to squeeze the current situation of the Karen people into a narrow, restrictive and simplistic narrative that is usually framed like this. [...]
