Conflict Karen Lead Story News
“We are currently clearing the area of landmines, but it is a challenge as they are scattered everywhere,” said BGF officer Naing Maung Zaw.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
Ministry of Information reports that government forces clashed 13 times with renegade Democratic Karen Buddhist Army troops between 11 and 15 September.
The Singapore-based hotel and flight booking agent has announced a list of its top ten Asian destinations that are seeing the fastest growth in visitors from Europe.
A leading land rights proponent and NLD leader in Hpa-an was shot dead by unknown assailants outside his home in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News Refugees
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.
The ten were part of more than 100 local villagers who attended a rally in Hpa-an on 25 August calling for the return of lands they allege were seized from them by the military government in 1986.
Feature Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
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Conflict Karen Lead Story News
Two civilians were injured on Sunday when a passenger bus was hit by shrapnel from an explosive device in Myaing Gyi Ngu Village near the Karen State capital of Hpa-an.
Armed members of the Karen Peace Council (KPC) confronted police in Karen State capital Hpa-an on Wednesday following the arrest of a high-ranking officer.
More than a hundred farmers from nine villages in Hpa-an Township, Karen State, staged a rally on Monday demanding the return of lands they say were seized by the military many years ago.
Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News
The 10th Karen Unity Seminar wraps up on Saturday after three days of talks in Hpa-an focused on bringing together the various competing ethnic Karen factions.
Constitution Karen Lead Story News Peace Process
“Min Ko Naing said that amending the Constitution’s Article 436 without a peace agreement or vice versa was akin to hopping on one leg,” she said. “Only when we achieve both goals will we be able to walk properly.”
Business Karen Lead Story News
Myanmar Jidong Cement Company has countered claims that local communities in Karen State capital Hpa-an are opposed to their building a factory in the area, saying it has the support of the people and that the project will go ahead, pending approval.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Ethnic Karen religious leaders, both Buddhist and Christian, meet in Hpa-an to discuss their involvement in the current peace-building process between Karen armed groups and the Burmese government.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The nationwide ceasefire agreement drafted by the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) has been submitted to the Burmese government’s peace negotiator Aung Min.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The draft framework for a nationwide ceasefire – the result of a summit between ethnic leaders in Karen State last week – awaits endorsement from the Shan State Army–South (SSA-S) and the United Wa State Army (UWSA).
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to her party supporters at a public assembly in Karen State capital Hpa-an on 18 January, declaring that the 2008 Constitution stands in the way of peace between the military and the people of Burma.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The next meeting of Burma’s ethnic armed groups will likely take place at Lay Wah, the headquarters of the KNU, around the third week of December, while ceasefire talks with the Burmese government look unlikely to be staged until January.
Monsoon rains inundated large swaths of Karen state earlier this week as local authorities scramble to set up relief camps in flood-hit areas.
