By Su Myat Mon / Frontier Myanmar | February 21, 2018 An environmental group has called for greater respect for the rights of indigenous peoples in Tanintharyi Region, saying that land concessions and restrictions on forest use in recent years [...]
By Naw Betty Han / Myanmar Times | February 20, 2018 The armed ethnic group Karen National Union (KNU) wants the government to discuss with them the details of a plan to resume construction of a highway linking Myanmar’s Dawei [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | February 16, 2018 The Karen Women Organization (KWO) of Mu-Traw (Hpapun) District held its seventh congress on February from 8 to 10, and elected new executive members, who will lead for the [...]
Karen News| February 5, 2018 The Karen National Union (KNU) chairman General Mutu Sae Poe said the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) was signed to solve political problems by political means and it was not to abandon the way of [...]
Karen National Union | February 1, 2018 The Union Government has announced their plans to resume the construction of a two-lane highway, connecting Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Thai—Burma/Myanmar border, after reaching agreements with the Thai and Japanese [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes [...]
Karen National Union (KNU) | January 31, 2018 Dear Karen National Leaders, Comrades and All Karen Nationals, Today is the 6911' Anniversary of the Karen National Revolutionary Resistance. All the Karen people indeed must remember, respect and honor the [...]
Burma Link | January 22, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Saw Hser Htoo Plaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Saw Hser Htoo Plaw has been the [...]
Burma Link | January 17, 2018 Ko Kya grew up amidst conflict in Hee Poe Der village in Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade. The villagers had to often hide in the jungle when they heard Burma Army was [...]
Burma Link | January 15, 2018 Although 28-year-old Hser Gay Paw was born in the Karen State, she has spent most of her life in Mae La refugee camp in Thailand, where her family fled when she was only [...]