Interview

June 10, 2021
KNG talked with Mr. Zet, head of the Kachin Backpack Health Worker Team (KBHWT), to learn about how his organization is helping villagers living in...
June 7, 2021
The imposition of a nighttime curfew over recent days in some Arakan State townships has prompted questioning among locals, coming at a time when an...
May 31, 2021
Clashes have resumed in Kachin State following the seizing the power by the Military, the Victory Reserve Fund is one of the organizations assisting...
May 17, 2021
Residents of Tinma village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, were displaced by fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army in March of last year...
May 10, 2021
With COVID-19 infection rates and related fatalities on the rise in neighbouring India and Bangladesh, DMG interviewed Sittwe-based civil society...
February 18, 2021
The prominent Arakanese politician Dr. Aye Maung, who in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison for high treason and sedition, was released on...
December 4, 2020
The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement was flawed from its inception and its critics point out in five years it has produced nothing but frustration...
December 1, 2020
Dr. Manam Tu Ja, chairperson of the Kachin State People's Party (KSPP), was one of four KSPP candidates to win a parliamentary seat in Kachin State...
October 30, 2020
Khonumthung News recently interviewed Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the Chin National Front (CNF), about the state of Burma’s current peace process...
September 28, 2020
Nearly 1.65 million people in Arakan State are eligible to cast ballots in the 2020 general election, more than 200,000 of whom are first-time voters...
September 24, 2020
SENG PHOO — Nang Ya Min is an electoral candidate for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) for Taunggyi Township constituency-1, in...
September 23, 2020
Three students from the Arakan Students’ Union who protested outside the compound of the Arakan State government offices were arrested on September 9...