News
January 13, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, begins tomorrow (Friday) on the banks of the river...
January 13, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Rohingya fishermen are leaving their homeland because they cannot pay the taxes levied by authorities in Maungdaw, according...
January 13, 2012
| Mizzima
The Karen Communities Worldwide issued a statement on Thursday, calling for negotiations that go beyond a Karen cease-fire and tackle the political...
January 13, 2012
| KIC
KNU leader refutes today’s media stories that the Karen had signed a ceasefire with the Burma government.
January 13, 2012
| KIC
A position statement from the Karen National Union strongly stressed that today’s peace talks in Pa-an Town with the Burma government are just a...
January 12, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi told members of the Asia Society in New York that Burma is “on the verge of a breakthrough to democracy” as she accepted its Global...
January 12, 2012
| Mizzima
Refugees International has release an urgent report calling on humanitarian donors, particularly the EU, UK, and U.S. government, to increase...
January 12, 2012
| Mizzima
The Karen National Union (KNU) and Burmese government peace delegations signed a cease-fire agreement in Hpaan on Thursday, officially ending the...
January 12, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Coastguard pushed back 18 Rohingya trying to reach Malaysia by sea from Shapuri Dip yesterday, according to...
January 12, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Fifteen more Rohingya boatpeople were arrested at Shahpuri Dip, Teknaf Upazila, at midnight on December 7, according to locals...
January 11, 2012
| KNG
Two unarmed Kachin women were shot and killed by Burmese government soldiers in the Hpakan (or Hpakant) area of war torn Kachin state this morning,...
January 11, 2012
| Mizzima
More Asian countries are linging up to do business in Burma, with Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano arriving Thursday with a...
January 11, 2012
| KIC
To coincide with ceasefire talks between the Burma’s government and the Karen National Union (KNU), Karen communities around the world are holding...
January 11, 2012
| Shwe Thite Taw
The Karen National Union’s 19-member ‘peace talk’ delegation left the border town of Myawaddy this morning for official ceasefire talks in Pa-an Town...
January 11, 2012
| Nan Paw Gay
A network of Karen community–based-organisations on the Thai Burma border on the eve of official ceasefire talks between the Karen National Union and...