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 [...]
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 [...]
Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | December 5, 2017 Recently, on December 1, a report from Radio Free Asia indicated that the parliament would soon debate and decide upon the designation of 135 ethnic groups categorization on whether [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | November 21, 2017 From November 2 to 4, Kawthoolei Land Seminar attended by over 370 participants representing 53 Karen organizations was held in Law Khee Lah, Hpa-an District, in Karen Nation [...]
By Jared Downing/Frontier Myanmar | November 22, 2017 After 70 years of conflict, the KNU and local NGOs are beginning to work alongside the government in providing healthcare to the Karen people. A cycle crash and a nasty gash [...]
Kaelyn Lynch/Karen News | November 21, 2017 Refugees from Burma are finding it difficult to stay, difficult to go home. In Thailand, funding cuts to refugee camps have left over 100,000 displaced people from Burma to choose between trying [...]
By Saw Myat Oo Thar/Karen News | November 16, 2017 Complaint letters received by Karen State parliament related to land issues dominated all other concerns over the 10-month period from January to October 2017. A government official responsible for receiving [...]