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Ethnic Kayan demand representation
“Because of the current law, Kayah State does not even have a Kayan Ethnic Affairs Minister. But Shan State does.”
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Environment Ethnic issues Human Rights Land Lead Story News
Tennasserim villagers stand against foreign palm oil project
Tennasserim villagers launched the ‘Green Desert’ report on Thursday, calling for a Malaysian-backed palm oil project to be immediately suspended.
Federal union the focus for new upper house speakers
Mahn Win Khaing, who was elected into the role of upper house speaker, will also serve as the chair of Burma’s bicameral union parliament.
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2015 Elections Contributor Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Ethnic aspects of the elections
Will an NLD-led government be able to transform the lives of conflict-affected ethnic communities, or will they continue to be dominated by militarisation?
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Latest results from regional parliaments
The Union Election Commission has released the fifteenth round of results from the general election.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
ELECTION 2015: The show must go on
After a day of uncertainty, Burma’s election commission announces that the country’s general election will go ahead as scheduled on 8 November.
Interview Lead Story News Video
Burma govt two-faced with Kachin: Gun Maw
DVB’s Nay Thwin sat down with Kachin Independence Organisation executive member Gun Maw to discuss why his group rejected a long-sought-after ceasefire agreement with Naypyidaw.
Karen Lead Story News Peace Process
NCA talks have ‘failed miserably’, say overseas Karen
41 CSOs issue a statement expressing no confidence in the peace process after it emerged that no more than eight armed groups will sign the NCA.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Video
Election 2015: Polls won’t open in Karen State’s east
Some ten thousand Karen would-be voters have been disenfranchised after Burma’s election commission announced that 102 villages in Burma’s east are too dangerous for polls to go ahead.
Burma’s battle with malaria … and bureaucracy
Artemisinin, long considered to the miracle drug in the fight against malaria, is losing its grip on the disease – while the parasite grows in strength.
Ethnic issues Karen Kokang Lead Story Peace Process
Karen rebels to sign ceasefire
The Karen National Union (KNU) has said it will sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burmese government.
History Lead Story News Rangoon
Karens, Brits mark 70-year anniversary of WWII
Several aging servicemen attended, mostly ethnic Karen men who had fought shoulder-to-shoulder with British forces against the Japanese army from 1942- 45.
Karen football star wants to play for Burma
Born in Thailand and now holding a British passport, rising football star Kler Heh declares his allegiance to Burma.
UNHCR presents first draft of repatriation plan
The plan envisages a voluntary repatriation of 110,000 refugees residing in Thailand’s camps, drawing mixed reactions from camp leaders.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
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.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
Peacemakers herald progress as Rangoon summit ends
The body brokering an end to Burma’s six-decade civil war said the country has moved closer to achieving an historic ceasefire, as three days of formal negotiations wrapped up in Rangoon.
Culture Ethnic issues Feature Karen Lead Story News
When an ethical boycott backfires
Tourists used to flock to see the legendary ‘long-neck’ women in northern Thailand. Now, amid campaigns to ‘Stop the Human Zoo’, the steady stream of visitors has dried up. And so has their money.
Aid Conflict Lead Story News Video
Free Burma Rangers take fight to ISIS
Cross-border aid group Free Burma Rangers recently undertook a front-line mission to Iraq, where its team embedded with Kurdish forces fighting ISIS.
Interview Lead Story News Video
DVB speaks to Karen power broker Naw Zipporah Sein
The Karen National Union vice president told DVB that current fighting in northern and eastern Burma has damaged trust.
2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Ethnic armies vow to keep peace during election
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has vowed that ethnic armed groups will not disturb the upcoming November elections.
WATCH: Burmese troops comb highway for rebels
The Burmese army has continued operations to secure Karen State stretches of the Asian Highway, with the aid of local paramilitaries.
Gunshots at the slots
A police raid on a slot machine parlour in the Karen town of Myawaddy on Tuesday night ended in a shoot-out— with two hospitalised.
Development Karen Lead Story News Video
DOCUMENTARY: ‘With only our voices, what can we do?’
Watch as KHRG takes you into rural southeastern Burma, where forced land confiscation and environmental destruction is taking place under the backdrop of an increasing Burmese military presence.
Myaingkale forest squatters face charges
Police have arrested and charged around two dozen people for squatting in a protected forest in Karen State.
2015 Elections Lead Story News
Election Commission defiant over voter list errors
“If they don’t report mistakes, then I’m sorry, it’s their responsibility,” said UEC representative Win Kyi of people affected by inaccuracies.
Education Lead Story News Refugees
Karen student earns US$200k scholarship in New York
Paw Ser Soe of Utica, New York, has been awarded funding to continue with her studies at Hartwick College in New York.
Lead Story Military News Pegu Division
Burma tests out Russian jets in KNLA territory
Terrified locals in Taungoo must have thought it was WWII all over again when the Burmese army carried out testing of air-to-ground missiles.
KNU-KNLA Peace Council members arrested for armed robbery
Police say that a second lieutenant was among the five who have been arrested in connection with an alleged armed robbery in Irrawaddy Division.
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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.
Crime Lead Story News Religion
Buddhist abbot recovering after being shot four times
A Buddhist abbot, Sayadaw Khaemika, is recovering after being shot four times.
