Refugees too distrustful of government to go home
Following a series of attack on Shan State Army (SSA) Task Force 701 base on Sino-Burma border by the Burma Army two weeks ago, which sent thousands of refugees to China, although the fight was over, people are still fearful to return home as they di...
Wa will not budge from Thai border areas
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the people it had brought down from the Sino-Burmese border will not move house back from the Thai-Burmese border areas where it has been allowed to reside since the 1990s, according to well known analyst Aung Kyaw...
Prisoners of Mae Sot
A little over a week ago, a young Myanmar friend of mine, let's call him Myo, found himself hiding in some farm fields, avoiding the Thai police while being smuggled from Mae Sot to Bangkok.
GE to light up Myanmar
American energy giant General Electric (GE) announced on Thursday that it has jo...
Rakhine IDP camps still lack basic supplies
Relief camps in Kyaukphyu are still dealing with insufficient water and food sup...
People in ‘authority’ approve land theft
Saw Albert, the field director of the Karen Human Rights Group, in an exclusive ...
Klo and Kweh Rocks Canada
Karen musicians from across Burma and performing under the name the Klo and Kweh...
ABSDF, government meet for peace talks
It is reported that as the government did not provide travel arrangement for the...
Thein Sein and China must stop pipeline project to prevent escalation of conflict in northern Shan State
Shan community based groups warn that recent Burmese government army attacks in ...
Ceasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
A briefing paper jointly published earlier this month by the Netherlands-based t...
RNDP to hold central committee meeting at USDP stronghold of Arakan
Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP), an influential political party will h...
Chinese Diplomat vows to develop Myadae Island in Arakan
China has vowed to develop the islands of Myadae in Arakan State of Burma, where...
US, Myanmar strengthen trade ties
During the week of President Thein Sein's landmark Washington visit and in the w...
Shan NGOs call for halt to pipeline
A group of Shan community-based groups and NGOs have called on Myanmar President...
State of emergency extended in Meiktila
The Myanmar parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion to extend the st...
China’s Communist Party invites UNA’s members to visit
The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) is set to visit China early next month after receiving a for...
Tropical diseases on the rise in southern Maungdaw
Many people from southern Maungdaw are getting sick from various tropical illnesses that are causing...
RCSS/SSA appeal for the observation of terms outlined in cease-fire agreement with Myanmar government
The Restoration Council/Shan State Army(RCSS/SSA) sent an official letter to the Myanmar government ...
Burmese families driven out of Mizoram
About 120 families fromRangvamual and Phun Cawng villages have driven out by the Central Young Mizo ...
RNDP to hold central committee meeting at USDP stronghold of Arakan
Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP), an influential political party will hold its annual centr...
Refugees too distrustful of government to go home
Following a series of attack on Shan State Army (SSA) Task Force 701 base on Sino-Burma border by th...
Kachin Peace facilitator unsure when talks will continue
Lamai Gum Ja, a member of the Peace Talk Creation Group (PCG), a committee of Kachin businessmen and...
Construction worker gets life for raping schoolgirl
A construction worker has been given a life sentence for raping a primary school student.
People in ‘authority’ approve land theft
Saw Albert, the field director of the Karen Human Rights Group, in an exclusive interview with Karen...
GE to light up Myanmar
American energy giant General Electric (GE) announced on Thursday that it has joined forces with two...
Half of surrendering Shan rebels are actually civilians
Half of the purported rebels of the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) who recently surrendered to the B...
Disagreement on voting heads to divorce
Couples divorced after they had disagreement to cast their votes for their favorite (preferred) poli...
UK Advocacy group says EU ‘Not getting the balance right’ on Burma sanctions
Burma Campaign UK, a human rights advocacy group, has urged the European Union to refrain from lifti...
Why Rohingyas flee to abroad by sea route
Thirty year-old Ahmed (not his real name), is a Rohingya refugee. He and other refugees fled to Mala...
TIDES OF CHANGE
Welcome soft breezes cool the night air as small waves lap the sands near Maung-Ma-Kan Beach, at Daw...
Preserving Zomi Culture Through the Khua Do Festival
"There is no tribe if there is no tradition," according to Zo Vaphual, an elder of the Zomi Chin tri...
One Year on, Giri Victims Continue to be Neglected
Mray Bon: It will be one full year on the coming 22nd of October, since Cyclone Giri struck the Arak...
President Thein Sein: Real Reformer or Pretender?
President Thein Sein seems to be on the right track, when he ordered or instructed the military on D...
NO EASY ROAD: A Burmese Political Prisoner’s Story – Part 3
Thiha Yarzar was housed in cell 51, in a cell range of 60 white concrete cells with iron bars for ...ASEAN Chess: A New Way to Play an Old Game
(Feature) A new hybrid chess playing style was unveiled recently when chess enthusiasts from across ...
A Karenni Refugee Laments Her Painful Past and a Future Without Hope
Karenni Refugee Camp 1, about a one hour drive from Mae Hong Son City, in northwestern Thailand, is ...
Despite losing his legs Saw LahKyi soldiers on
Karen News photojournalist Saw Mort spent time with landmine casualty Saw LahKyi, a Karen National L...
Prisoners of Mae Sot
A little over a week ago, a young Myanmar friend of mine, let's call him Myo, found himself hiding i...
Nwe Ni’s long and difficult path
Many people visit the street in Shweli where the bars are. Shweli, also known as Ruili, is a Chinese...
2008 Constitution: What needs to be changed?
Until today, political parties, which won in the 1990 general elections, and ethnic armed groups hav...
KNG website attacked by cyber hacker
The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, s...
ADB’s role in migrant issue is “not taking any role at all,” says Shan academic
While recognizing the importance of migrant labor to economic growth, the Asian Development Bank (AD...
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Released Political Prisoners face huge problems
In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Ko Bo Kyi, a founding member and joint-secretary of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), outlined his concerns over Burma’s o
Nuclear fallout
Following the backlash from a report in a Japanese newspaper that suggested Naypyidaw might still have some military ties to North Korea, Mizzima interviewed Hmu Zaw, the director of the Pre
Doctors without Borders face barriers
Mizzima weekly journal editor Sein Win interviewed Mr Peter Paul de Groote, the Head of Mission in Burma of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Holland-based medical group which has suspende
Migrant deadline dilemma
December 14 marks the deadline for migrant Burmese in Thailand to register at National Verification centers. But how ominous is the date and what are the prospects for Burmese migrant worker
Nuclear fallout
Following the backlash from a report in a Japanese newspaper that suggested Naypyidaw might still have some military ties to North Korea, Mizzima interviewed Hmu Zaw, the director of the Pre
Exchange of hearts, not brains, will bring peace
On the first anniversary of President Thein Sein’s publicized call to the country’s armed opposition movements for peace talks, which falls today, 17 August, SHAN has interviewed 7 ethnic le
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