Kantarawaddy Times

December 16, 2025
Karenni Residents Under Junta Control Forced to Vote in Fear
December 15, 2025
Stricter Security Measures and Movement Restrictions Imposed in Loikaw
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December 9, 2025
Drone Threats Reduce Winter Crop Cultivation in Karenni State
November 26, 2019
Burma Army Must Return Illegally Confiscated Land, Lawyer Says
The Burmese military must return land seized from farmers in Karenni State if the act violated the country’s land confiscation law, a lawyer has said...
November 4, 2019
THE CASE OF GEN AUNG SAN STATUE: Karenni activists await court verdict
As the three prominent political activists – former Myanmar army Captain Nay Myo Zin, poet Saw Wai and lawyer U Kyi Myint – were sued for their...
October 25, 2019
Burmese Govt Signs Off On Five More Years of Tungsten Mining in Mawchi
The Kayah State Mineral Production Company (KMPC) has received a five-year extension to its license to extract tungsten from Mawchi mine in Karenni...
October 18, 2019
Karenni State Govt Legalizes Sale of Logs From 10,000-Ton Timber Harvest
The Karenni State government is officially permitting 10,000 tons of timber to be sold after being harvested illegally from the eastern bank of the...
October 18, 2019
Monitoring Committee Criticizes Karenni State Govt Project Implementation
The chair of the Karenni (Kayah) State’s parliamentary monitoring committee on government project implementation has criticized the state...
October 9, 2019
MPs Criticize Govt Drug Eradication Efforts in Karenni State
In Karenni State parliament this week, legislators and members of the government discussed the status of ongoing anti-drug efforts in the state, with...
October 9, 2019
Karenni State MPs Demand New Immigration and Population Minister Be A Local
Parliamentarians in Karenni (also known as Kayah) State have stated that they want their next Minister of Immigration and Population to be someone...
October 4, 2019
MPs, Activists Raise Concerns about Loikaw Tungsten Refinery
Local politicians and environmental activists in Karenni (Kayah) State have expressed concern about the Union government’s approval of a tungsten...
October 3, 2019
Gov’t to Build Bridge over Pun River in Hpasoung Township
Burma’s Union government says it plans to build a bridge over the Pun River in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Hpasoung Township during the next fiscal year...
October 3, 2019
Conflict Brings Rise in Number of Human Rights Abuses
Reports of human rights abuses in Burma have increased dramatically this year compared to last as conflicts in the country continue to intensify,...
October 3, 2019
MP Vows to Ensure Justice is Done in Child Rape Case
A member of Burma’s upper house of parliament has assured the family of a girl who was allegedly raped by a Burma Army soldier in Karenni (Kayah)...
October 3, 2019
Burma Gov’t Failing Ethnic People, Says Karenni Politician
The leader of an ethnic Karenni political party has cited the ongoing struggle between farmers and the Burma Army over control of land in Karenni (...