By Hsa Moo / Karen News | September 17, 2018 This month of September marks five months since Saw O Moo, an unarmed civilian villager and Indigenous community leader who was killed by Burma army on April 5, 2018. [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Col. Sai Ngern, spokesperson for the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), spoke to The Irrawaddy reporter Nyein Nyein about the armed group’s clashes with [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | July 11, 2018 KHRG and Karen Rivers Watch proudly present our report “Development or Destruction: The human rights impacts of hydropower development on villagers in Southeast Myanmar” which details the social, economic, cultural, [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 10, 2018 Skirmishes have broken out between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the KNU Brigade 5 area in the Karen (Kayin) State, Major Saw Ka Leh [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | September 7, 2018 The 10 armed ethnic groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) need a united stand on building a federal union to move the peace process forward, Saw [...]
By Kyaw Myo / The Irrawaddy | September 7, 2018 YANGON—Proposals that the Union Parliament and Lower House take urgent steps to de-escalate fighting in ethnic regions in order to protect civilians were rejected for debate, said Nan Kham [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 6, 2018 The Karen Community of Canada (KCC) will conduct international campaigns to resume aids to the refugees in Thai-Myanmar border and internally displaced persons (IDPs). [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 5, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The government’s Peace Commission (PC) met with three members of the Northern Alliance group of armed organizations in China on Wednesday. The meeting was agreed to in [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 1, 2018 Karen State, Burma The Burma Army 44th Division, Battalion 2, under the command of Ko Ko Win, launched attacks against the Karen of Papun District, Karen State on 30 and 31 August [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 YANGON — Ethnic signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will review the current political landscape and the peace process, said vice-chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) [...]