DVB Multimedia Group

Burmese Site.
  • News
    • Business
    • Environment
    • Health
    • Media
    • Politics
  • Lifestyle
    • Culture
    • Sport
    • Travel & Tourism
    • Society
  • Opinion & Analysis
    • Interview
  • Video
  • Photos
  • Features
  • Advertise
    • Visit us on FacebookVisit us on Facebook
    • Follow us on TwitterFollow us on Twitter

    Tagged: karen state

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Launch of Karen rights report quashed by Thai authorities

    The launch of a Karen rights organisation’s report has been blocked in Chiang Mai, Thailand, after authorities pressured a local university to cancel the event.

    Karen Lead Story News Refugees

    UN envoy discusses refugee repatriation issues in Karen State

    Karen CSOs highlight human rights issues and other matters relating to the repatriation of refugees in meeting with Yanghee Lee.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    DKBA renegades ambush Burmese patrol in Hlaingbwe

    DKBA renegades detonated roadside explosives by remote control as the 118th Light Infantry Battalion was on patrol. The Karen rebels then ambushed them.

    More

    Land Lead Story News

    Land grabs on the rise as Burma pushes for peace

    Land conflicts in Burma have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land, and new laws failing to protect farmers, says a rights watchdog.

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News

    KNU warned over unauthorised medical team

    A liaison officer for the Karen National Union denied that the armed group had sent the team, which provided free eye treatment to 73 local people.

    Karen Lead Story News Travel & Tourism

    Post-conflict tourism model moves ahead in Karen State

    Domestic tourists flock to the area for religious pilgrimages, but foreign visitors may enjoy trekking in the misty mountains and viewing the natural beauty.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Thailand begins repatriating refugees from Burma

    The first, voluntary repatriation of 68 Burmese refugees from camps along the Thai-Burmese border began on Tuesday, in a move the UNHCR called a “milestone”.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    Rights group urges demilitarisation of former conflict zones

    A human rights group in Karen State is calling for the demilitarisation of former conflict areas to ensure that Burma’s ongoing peace process is “stable and long lasting”.

    Karen Lead Story News

    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.

    Electricity Environment Lead Story News

    Salween documentary warns of mass flooding

    A series of small islands on the Salween River is at risk of ‘going under’ if construction of a hydro-power dam goes ahead as planned, says a local NGO.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    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.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    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.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Burma army reports 13 clashes with DKBA renegades

    Ministry of Information reports that government forces clashed 13 times with renegade Democratic Karen Buddhist Army troops between 11 and 15 September.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Mae La Oon refugee camp: Living in limbo

    Life in a refugee camp is never easy, but for many who have lived in Mae La Oon for much of their life, the thought of leaving brings anxieties of its own.

    Karen Lead Story Logging News

    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.

    Lead Story News Travel & Tourism

    Overland borders to Burma open to e-visa travellers

    News of the new routes is sure to well received by intrepid travellers, who no longer have to queue up at a Burmese embassy for consecutive days to get a stamp to enter the country.

    Environment Karen Lead Story News

    ‘Conservation has to be inclusive’

    KESAN’s Saw Alex Htoo grew up along the Salween River in Karen State. He talks to DVB about the current threats people and wildlife face with new hydropower projects proposed in the area.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    KNU in checkpoint dispute

    The area was under KNU control until the group reached a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese government in 2012.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Peace park proposed for Karen State

    The creation of a peace park protecting endangered animals and the natural environment of Mutraw District in Karen State was proposed this week.

    Lead Story News

    Followers of renegade monk erect stupa next to a mosque in Karen State

    The move was seen as the latest provocation by Thuzana, a controversial monk whose followers built a stupa on the grounds of a church last Saturday.

    Interview Lead Story News Politics

    INTERVIEW: ‘The path ahead won’t be a walk in the park’

    Karen State’s newly appointed chief minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint says she will work for peace in a state that has long only known war.

    Karen Lead Story News

    12 die from cholera in Karen State

    Saw De De, a medic working with the Backpack mobile clinic, said outbreaks of cholera and dysentery have hit some 50 villages in the area.

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News Politics

    DKBA splinter group clash with Border Guard Force

    A splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army remains locked in a clash with a Border Guard Force militia in Karen State.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Karen civil leaders condemn ceasefire divide

    Negotiations to end Burma’s civil war have ended with just one third of the EAOs involved in the peace process ultimately willing to ink a ceasefire accord.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Local Karenni parties ready to face NLD, USDP

    As campaigning begins, local parties are preparing to face-off against the big guns of the NLD and USDP at this year’s general election in Karenni State.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Military town Papun will be ‘tough to win’: NLD

    A local candidate for the NLD said he is anticipating a hard fight against the ruling USDP in the Papun Township polls due a large military population.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    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.

    Crime Karen Lead Story News

    Six convicted in Karen court for murder of abbot

    A Buddhist monk is among six men to have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the killing of a Buddhist abbot in Karen State last year.

    Drugs Karen Lead Story News

    Karen border guards make largest drug bust of 2014

    The paramilitary Border Guard Force (BGF) in Karen State seized over 130,000 amphetamine pills at the end of December.

    • Next Page »
    • Talk to DVB

      Newsletter

      job announcement

    • Opinion & Analysis

      • Justice in Burma: Wounds on the wall By VERONICA COLLINS
      • Democratising the public space in Burma By AYE THEIN
      • Reclaiming the narrative on women in Burma By MAGGI QUADRINI
    • Featured StoryMobilizing Young, First-time Voters is an Investment in Myanmar’s Future
    • In Photos

      • gallery

        Ethnic Lisu in China aim to save crossbow culture

      • gallery

        In Pictures: Chin National Day celebrated in Mindat

      • gallery

        In Pictures: Shan National Day draws a crowd to RCSS’s border headquarters

      • gallery

        Dinner for the Spirits

      • gallery

        Inside one of Kachin State’s newest IDP camps

    • Khan lessons on DVB
    • Home
    • Tagged: karen state
    • News
      • Business
      • Environment
      • Health
      • Media
      • Politics
    • Analysis
    • Photos
    • Video
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Advertise
    • Visit us on FacebookVisit us on Facebook
    • Follow us on TwitterFollow us on Twitter

    © Copyright 2013 DVB Multimedia Group