News

May 6, 2015
A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices...
May 6, 2015
The Australian Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation’s (SMEC) cancelled its plans to hold a public meeting to discuss the Mong Ton mega-dam on the...
May 6, 2015
On 3 May the Burma Army’s public relations department banned Burmese media organisations from reporting on the activities of the Myanmar National...
May 1, 2015
Members of the National, People’s and State parliaments recently met with war refugees at Sapar Seik Village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State when...
U.S. Diplomats Visiting Kuang Jor Refugee Camp
April 30, 2015
The U.S. Consulate General Mr. Michael Heath and a team from Thailand visited Kuang Jor Refugee Camp in Piang Luang Village in the district of Wiang...
Aid Supplies being Unloaded from a Boat at Sapa Seik Village
April 30, 2015
Villagers from Welgyi Chaung and Linsin Yoarthit villages in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, were arrested and tortured by the Burma Army according...
TNLA Roadblock
April 30, 2015
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) temporarily took control of the Muse to Kutkai section of the Union Road that runs from Mandalay to Lashio...
Sittwe Group Delivers Aid to Refugees
April 30, 2015
A Temporary Assistance Committee for Refugees Affected by War formed by Sittwe Township community based organisations delivered donations to war...
Stormy Weather in Lashio
April 29, 2015
Strong winds and hail hit Lashio Township in Northern Shan State at about 2pm on 28 April causing injuries and damage according to residents.
April 29, 2015
Police have been unable to arrest the two men who shot at the Myawaddy Bank branch in Pyidaungsu Road in Muse Town’s downtown area, in Northern Shan...
April 29, 2015
The Karen National Liberation Army 2nd Brigade based in the Taungoo District confirmed to Karen News that a small firefight between its solders and...
A gold mining site in Dawei area
April 29, 2015
Villagers from Ka Htaung Li village who protested against a gold mining operation that polluted their water sources alleged that they were harassed,...