News
March 26, 2013
| KIC
The Karen Refugees Committee has issued a statement outlining its position on the repatriation of Karen refugees on the Thai-Burma border.
March 25, 2013
| KIC
The Kaw Moo Ra Karen Youth Group last week raided an island located in the middle of the Moei River and ‘detained’ suspected drug runners and seized...
March 25, 2013
| Narinjara
Yangon: An empowering training of Arakanese women is being held in Yangon, the former capital of Burma, to promote women’s skills in all sectors in...
March 25, 2013
| S.H.A.N
The Shan Kayah Trust-building for Peace Conference in Lashio, Shan state concluded with discussions by ethnic women leaders about the many roles that...
March 25, 2013
| KIC
Over 100 houses located in area near a Burma Army camp in Three Pagoda Pass Town were told by senior army officer they had to leave the area.
March 25, 2013
| KNG
At least 8 Burma army troops have been killed and several more injured following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Shan...
March 25, 2013
| Mizzima
The Japanese Ambassador Mikio Numata donated US$6.9 million on behalf of Japan to the UN refugee agency in Myanmar in an official ceremony in...
March 25, 2013
| Mizzima
The Jakarta Globe has reported that Bukit Asam, an Indonesian state-owned coal mining company, plans to invest US $80 million in a mine-mouth coal-...
March 25, 2013
| KIC
Karen News is led to understand that the death toll from the fire that destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp has now been confirmed as 35 with one...
March 23, 2013
| KIC
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has confirmed today that 45 refugees were killed in a fire that tore through the Baan Mae...
March 23, 2013
| Narinjara
A huge number of handmade guns were recovered by police in Arakan state’s rural areas recently, according to police sources.
March 23, 2013
| Narinjara
Arakanese farmers from Pauk Taw in Arakan have sent an appeal letter to township authority as they want to retrieve their land confiscated by state...
March 23, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar may receive an additional funding package of up to US$89.5 million to fight HIV, TB and Malaria following a visit by a Global Fund team to...
March 23, 2013
| Mizzima
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday decided to maintain its monitoring eye on Myanmar by extending the mandate of the UN...
March 23, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Xiao Samkun, deputy officer of external affairs for the United Wa State Party / United Wa State Army (UWSP/UWSA) demanded that they should get their...