By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | December 15, 2017 As 2017 comes to an end the ethnic armed conflict that have plagued the country for decades seems to be escalating, rather than reducing. The related ongoing peace [...]
Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) | December 18, 2017 On this New Year Day of the 1st of Thalay month 2757 (K.E.), we are joyous, and the of the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) General Headquarters wishes the Karen [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | December 14, 2017 The Myanmar Army on Wednesday shelled at least four positions held by the Kachin Independence Army in northern parts of the country in a move rebel leaders are interpreting [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | December 13, 2017 Over one-third of the houses in a Kachin IDP camp are in urgent need of repair, but due to a lack of funds cannot carry out the necessary work, according to [...]
Burma Link | December 14, 2017 After fleeing persecution from the Burma Army in her native village, Naw Thein Nay found her way to Ei Thu Hta Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in 2007. There, she found safety and [...]
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 [...]
Women's League of Burma (WLB)/Mizzima News | December 10, 2017 The Women’s League of Burma, in a statement to mark the 18th Anniversary of the founding of their organization, has expressed concern about the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, the [...]
Burma Link | December 11, 2017 Only a few days after the provision of food aid to the Karen Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp Ei Thu Hta was cut to zero, Burma Link visited this remote and isolated community [...]
Karen News | December 8, 2017 Refugees on the Thai-Burma border are finding it difficult to stay, difficult to go home as funding cuts to refugee camps have left over 100,000 displaced people to choose between trying to survive [...]
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 [...]