Kantarawaddy Times
April 9, 2026
September 25, 2019
Nearly 300 people turned out on Monday for a court hearing in the case of 15 farmers from the village of Dawsoshay in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Demoso...
September 9, 2019
A new pig farm being built in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Demoso Township with investment from a French company has some residents of the area worried...
September 9, 2019
Local people living near the Mawchi tungsten mine in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Hpasoung Township continue to work in areas designated as dangerous by...
September 4, 2019
Police arrested a farmer in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Loikaw Township on Wednesday for attempting to destroy a fence used to demarcate landseizedby the...
August 22, 2019
Hpasawng parliamentarian has said she is unsatisfied with a minister’s answer to her question in the legislature about whether dangerous sections of...
August 6, 2019
A decision on whether to proceed with the case is due in two weeks. Judges in the case of six Karenni youths opposed to a decision to erect a statue...
July 29, 2019
The measure aims to prevent the spread of a disease that has already killed dozens of people across the country. Pregnant women in the Kayah State...
July 27, 2019
The event was rescheduled after permission was denied the first time, but has now been cancelled completely. An event to promote indigenous culture...
July 25, 2019
The Kayah (Karenni) State legislature is working on draft legislation that would ease the way for farmers to access agricultural loans, according to...
July 18, 2019
The visit comes as the state seeks to boost tourism and trade with the opening of a new border crossing with Thailand. Vice-President Henry Van Thio...
July 8, 2019
‘I repeatedly reported it to respective government and authorities. Nobody took action. Nobody took care of it,’ a Karenni State MP says. The Burma...
July 8, 2019
It’s unacceptable,’ the KNPP general secretary says. The Karenni State government prohibited a gathering of people at the office of the state’s...









