Karen News on Vimeo | September, 2017 Tee Ku, a senior Mae La refugee camp official, in an exclusive interview explains to Karen News, the negative effects the ration cuts and reduction in education and medical services have had [...]
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 [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | July 20, 2017 LOIKAW, KAYAH STATE – Ethnic language teachers prefer curriculums based on their own languages to textbooks translated from Burmese, educators in Loikaw, Kayah State told The Irrawaddy. The former quasi-civilian [...]
Burma Link | June 27, 2017 Saw Bless grew up a multi-ethnic village in Taungoo, Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 2. Things started changing for young Saw Bless after he started going to school ran by the Karen Education Department [...]
Burma Link | June 20, 2017 Saw Say Moo is a 27-year-old ethnic Karen refugee from Mu Traw district, Karen state. Ever since he was born, Say Moo has had a challenging life. With his two siblings and his parents, [...]
Burma Link | June 15, 2017 Naw Wah is committed to improving the lives of a great number of people. First, she has the residents of Karen State’s T’wal Thaw village, of which she is the village chief. Then [...]
Burma Link| June 8, 2017 Naw Ku is a former high school teacher and now a student. She studies at English Immersion Program (EIP) to further develop her English skills and widen her horizons. EIP requires students to speak [...]
Burma Link| June 6, 2017 Khun Tu Tu Lay is an ethnic Kayan student who comes from the central headquarters of Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), the main ethnic Kayan armed actor, in the Karenni State. Although KNLP had [...]
Burma Link| June 5, 2017 Padoh David Tharckabaw joined the resistance movement nearly seven decades ago when he was only 14 years old. Due to his young age, Padoh David joined without the knowledge of his parents and had [...]
Burma Link | May 31, 2017 Over many years, General Baw Kyaw Heh, Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), has been defending the Karen State and working towards [...]