Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News
Gen Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen Border Guard Force, said he may close Karen State’s border with Thailand if a dispute with Thai officials is not resolved.
Five civilians were reported injured after DKBA troops allegedly attacked a Border Guard Force in Karen State’s Kawkareik Township on Wednesday.
Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News Obituary
One of Burma’s most recognisable ethnic rebel leaders has passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News Politics
A splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army remains locked in a clash with a Border Guard Force militia in Karen State.
2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
An incumbent upper house MP and militia leader in Kachin State’s Special Region 1 who banned parties from campaigning in his constituency has yielded to pressure to abide by electoral regulations.
KWAT reports that the escalation of drug abuse in Kachin State is fuelled by the ongoing conflict in the region.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
The body of a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has been found, handcuffed and badly mutilated, in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy
A member of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) was killed in what is believed to have been an alcohol-related shootout with government security forces in the border town of Myawaddy early Friday morning.
Drugs Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
Leaders from six Karen armed groups have formed a task force in order to combat drug production and use in the east Burmese state.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
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.
500 troops from a Border Guard Force in Karen state turn on their commanders but waver over allegiance to government or opposition
Members of the DKBA’s infamous 999 brigade have defected to join BGF dissenter Na Kham Mwe of DKBA 5th brigade
Tension mounting in Kachin state as Burmese army trucks head north to prepare for possible rebuke to border guard proposal
Blockade could be a precursor to heavy fighting in northeastern Burma should the Wa army continue to reject border guard proposals
