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DKBA renegades ambush govt troops in Karen State
“The DKBA renegades employed guerrilla tactics,” said a local BGF commander.
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Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby
“We have only rice for survival,” said Saw Swe Tun, the camp administrator.
UWSA reinforces captured bases in Mongla
According to Shan media, the Wa army sent reinforcements and supplies to hill stations recently seized from the NDAA on 4- 5 October.
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KNU urges DKBA renegades to return to mother organisation
Saw Kyaw Thet and Saw San Aung’s renegade faction has frequently engaged in armed clashes against Burmese government forces in recent years.
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DKBA renegade leader said to be ‘still alive and fighting’
The DKBA renegade faction has denied reports that its leader, Col. Saw San Aung, had been killed in a clash with Burmese government forces.
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Karen IDPs ‘not safe to go home yet’ due to landmines
“We are currently clearing the area of landmines, but it is a challenge as they are scattered everywhere,” said BGF officer Naing Maung Zaw.
Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian relief for over 3,800 villagers displaced by recent hostilities.
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2,000 flee homes as former DKBA forces clash in Karen State
The renegades had earlier warned of an “all-out war” against the local BGF; tensions had reportedly been escalating since the renegades broke from the DKBA at the beginning of the year.
8 arrested in Kengtung for impersonating local militia
Police in Shan State detain eight people, including a Chinese national, who were caught wearing the uniforms of local militia members.
When logging deals go wrong: DKBA commander hacked to death
DKBA renegades say Na Ma Kyar did not kidnap the mahouts, but was only holding them temporarily as the logging camp operators had failed to pay them operating fees.
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Video: One dead in Karen rebel shootout
A pro-government Karen militia engaged a local rebel group in a shootout on Friday, in the most recent episode of unrest in Burma’s east.
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Asian Highway reopens despite artillery assaults
The mountain road between Karen State’s Kawkareit and Myawaddy reopens after clashes between govt forces and DKBA rebels had forced its closure.
At least two killed in TNLA gunfight
A gunfight between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and a government-backed militia took place in northern Shan State late last week.
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Karen BGF closes jetties in oil dispute with Thais
The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has closed 23 border ports along the Moei River in retaliation for curbs on oil transportation by Thai authorities.
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Ailing DKBA chief hands over power
The ailing military chief of the DKBA, Gen. Saw La Bwe, has temporarily transferred leadership powers to his deputy Saw Moshe amid concerns for his health.
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2,000 displaced by recent conflict, says Karen NGO
The Karen NGO describes the recent surge in fighting as “part of a calculated military strategy” by the Burmese army and its allies, the Karen Border Guard Force.
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Karen rivals unite for New Year
Unarmed soldiers from the KNU, the BGF and the KPC march together without arms in a show of unity as Karens mark their New Year at Shwe Koko.
Karen border forces clash, officer killed
A senior ranking commander belonging to a Border Guard Force was shot dead after being mistaken for a Democratic Karen Buddhist Army officer
Karen state minister ambushed
A convoy carrying two senior Burmese govt officials recently ambushed by the DKBA near the border town of Myawaddy
Children become latest victims of conflict in Kachin State
Outbreak of diarrhoea in makeshift refugee camps in northeast Burma setup by Kachin Independence Organisation is affecting hundreds of children taking shelter there and resulted in two recent deaths
Clash in Shan State leaves at least six dead
At least six people have been killed in a deadly clash between government security forces and Shan State Army soldiers in southeast Burma on 9 July
UWSA will welcome dialogue
UWSA welcome new President’s speech on development of border areas as they look to peacefully resolve differences with Naypyidaw over BGF proposals and autonomy
Rebel attack kills three in Southeast Burma
Three people were said to have been killed on 24 December when KNPP troops ambushed a Burmese army convoy escorting workers of the Salween Dam Construction Project in Southeast Burma
Na Kham Mwe: “we will pay with our lives”
On Karen Martyrs day, 60 years since Saw Ba U Gyi was martyred, DVB caught up with the leading dissenting voice against the Burmese military government’s Border Guard Force (BGF), DKBA commander Na Kham Mwe.
DKBA special forces defect to renegade brigade
Members of the DKBA’s infamous 999 brigade have defected to join BGF dissenter Na Kham Mwe of DKBA 5th brigade
DKBA commander’s defiance nudges Karen state towards war
Tensions high as SPDC look set to launch offensive against dissident DKBA commander Na Kham Mwe of brigade 907, hundreds of refugees fleeing fighting
Pro-junta Karen militia ‘splits’
Rumours circulate that Democratic Karen Buddhist Army has suffered a ‘vertical split’ as junta prepares to launch an offensive in eastern Burma
Trade hit by border guard furore
Reduction in trade at the Tachilek border crossing between Thailand and Burma may be a result of tension over the border guard transformation
Karen fleeing to border in their ‘thousands’
Rumours circulating that the DKBA is refusing to transform into a border militia, stoking fears of an outbreak of fighting in Karen state
Ethnic alliance ‘to step up resistance’
Eight-member alliance warns that it will ‘attack systematically’ any offensives launched by the government in its attempt to transform groups into border forces
