By Edith Mirante / The Irrawaddy | August 2, 2017 The Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s armed forces—should withdraw its bases from ethnic regions where its presence continues to be linked to human rights violations and resource grabbing. Troop withdrawal is not to [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 2, 2017 Karen activists and aid workers are trying to drum up last-minute support for a shelter of internally displaced persons, before it runs out of funding [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 2, 2017 Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has pledged to assist Kachin children who are currently living in camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to receive [...]
Karen National Union Concerned Group (KNU CG) | July 31, 2017 1. The consultation meeting on providing assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugees organized by Mutraw District Executive Committee held on July 25, 2017 was attended [...]
By Tin Htet Paling / The Irrawaddy | July 31, 2017 WAINGMAW & MYITKYINA, Kachin State — Noticing she had a growing abdomen, 22-year-old ethnic Kachin woman Nang Tsin went to the only immediately available healthcare service nearby—a midwife. [...]
By Min Min / Mizzima News | July 31, 2017 Maj. Gen. Aunt Ye Win from the Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Information Committee urged media to control and refrain from using unfriendly words such as ‘military’ or ‘government [...]
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 news crew members Ko [...]
By Karen News | July 28, 2017 Karen refugee youth took part in a politics, peace and management bootcamp this week. Over 70 people attended the three-day training, which was held at the Mae La refugee camp on the [...]
Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA) | July 23, 2017 We, the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA), earnestly urge the local populations to be expressly cautious in their living and daily life’s activities in order to escape the misfortunes of [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | July 28, 2017 Only five houses have been rebuilt in a Karenni refugee camp in Thailand after a fire in the beginning of the month. According to camp leadership, [...]