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September 20, 2024
SAC-M Calls on Myanmar’s Neighbours To Allow Aid Into the Country
September 19, 2024
Junta blocking flood relief aid in Taungoo Township,Bago Region
September 18, 2024
Junta sets fire to single village in Launglon for third time
Features
February 10, 2022
VALE HARN LAY – 1963 to 2022
Phil Thornton — Harn Lay died today at 3:03 pm in Taunggyi, Shan State. He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends. He’s survived by his...
February 9, 2022
Torrential Rains and Heavy Winds Destroy Displaced Villagers Makeshift...
Heavy rains have flooded makeshift shelters of displaced villagers taking on the Thaung Yin (Moei) River banks. The displaced have been using the...
February 8, 2022
Burma Civil Society Groups: “It is not the UN Special Envoy’s Role to Keep...
International and regional civil society groups strongly reject recent comments made by the UN Special Envoy to Burma Dr. Noeleen Heyzer’s calling...
February 7, 2022
Displaced Villagers Face Continued Hardship – Thai Temporary Shelters...
Displaced villagers from Lay Kay Kaw are scared of being caught in fighting between the Burma Army forces and Karen soldiers. Adding to their worries...
February 4, 2022
Fighting Forces Displaced Villagers to Abandon Farmlands and Livestock –...
Villagers have been forced to abandon their farmland, plantations and livestock in serveral villages in southern areas of Kawkareik Town as Burma...
February 2, 2022
Burma Army Attacks: Displaces 20,000 Villagers and Closes Schools in...
Burma Army offensives in the Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District of Karen National Union (KNU)-controlled area, have displaced tens of thousands of...
January 31, 2022
Despite Border Closures Mae Sot – Myawaddy Border Trades Earned USD $705....
Despite the collapse of the country’s economy since the military coup on the 1st February, 2021 and devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
Features
January 28, 2022
Increased Farming Costs Major Challenge for Delta Farmers – UN Predicts...
Rising costs in the domestic agricultural sector are creating financial difficulties for farmers in the Ayeyarwaddy region. A Pantanaw Township...
January 28, 2022
COVID-19: Health Workers Strongly Urge Thai-Burma Border Communities to...
Healthcare providers on the Thai-Burma border urged the migrant communities along the Thai-Burma border to make sure they get vaccinated for the...
A clinic building damaged by Burma Army Airstrike. (Photo: KNU Mutraw)
January 27, 2022
Stop Military Regime’s Bombing of Villages – Ethnic Armed Groups Call for...
Ethnic Armed Organizations outraged at the military regimes bombardment of civilian areas by airstrikes and heavy artillery have issued a joint...
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January 25, 2022
Burma Army Planning Large Scale Offensive Against Combined Karen Forces –...
Despite Thailand’s reassurances to the United Nations that it would not force villagers displaced by fighting to return to Burma, recent meetings...
January 19, 2022
Fears Further Military Airstrikes and Burma Army Heavy Artillery Targets...
Fears of Burma Army offensives along the Thai-Burma will target displaced villagers have forced them to again move in large groups in search of a...