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    Tagged: karenni

    Ethnic issues Karenni Lead Story News

    Ethnic Kayan demand representation

    “Because of the current law, Kayah State does not even have a Kayan Ethnic Affairs Minister. But Shan State does.”

    Accidents Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Burmese mahouts presumed dead after landslide in Chiang Mai

    “Two of them survived but the other two are still missing. One of the survivors managed to grab hold of a tree root which saved his life.”

    Karenni Lead Story News

    Karenni farmers say they cannot afford $4 annual tax

    Locals in Demoso say the KNPP imposes an annual tax of about 5,000 kyat per household, and that they were given a 10 October deadline to pay up.

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    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues video

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video

    VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues

    Twenty eight people have now been confirmed dead as a result of a disastrous landslide in eastern Burma on Sunday.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural Disasters Natural resources News

    10 dead as mudslides hit Karenni mining town

    According to local sources in Mawchi, several homes were also destroyed in the devastation, leaving locals without food, shelter or clothing.

    2015 Elections Karenni Lead Story News Politics

    Gagged: NLD bans candidates from speaking to media

    The leadership of Burma’s main opposition party has ordered a ban on its candidates from speaking to the media for at least the next three weeks.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    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.

    Free Burma Rangers take fight to ISIS video

    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.

    Education Feature Karenni Lead Story News Refugees

    Refugee students learn life’s lessons

    Close to the Burmese-Thai border, young Karenni refugees study desperately to gain acceptance into universities worldwide. But with talks of repatriation echoing through the camps, it’s unsure how long they are to stay there.

    Crime Lead Story News Shan

    Pair arrested for breaking out prisoner in Shan State

    Police in Shan State say they have apprehended two of the men responsible for freeing a man from a prison truck in Taunggyi.

    Karenni Lead Story News Peace Process

    Armed Karenni troops cause stir in Loikaw

    Armed soldiers were amongst a delegation from the KNPP that arrived in Loikaw on Thursday for talks with Burmese military representatives

    Karenni Land Lead Story News Protest

    ‘Plough protest’ supporters rally in Loikaw

    Following last week’s sentencing of three local farmers, a Karenni court finds six more guilty of trespassing, prompting local supporters to stage a rally.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Anger as ‘plough protest’ farmers found guilty

    As many as 500 villagers protested in front of a township court after three of their peers were sentenced for their part in a symbolic “plough protest”.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Fire leaves hundreds of refugees homeless on Karenni border

    A devastating fire in a refugee camp in northern Thailand’s Mae Hong Son has left over 600 homeless and in need of immediate assistance.

    VDO: 127 students arrested in Letpadan chaos video

    Lead Story News Politics Video

    VDO: 127 students arrested in Letpadan chaos

    Large numbers of protestors are arrested, as an image of confusion and violence in Letpadan emerges.

    Lead Story News

    Around Burma this week

    View our interactive map of this week’s key stories.

    Constitution Ethnic issues Karenni Lead Story News

    Karenni State Day held amid controversy

    The 63rd Karenni State Day celebrations are underway, though conflicting opinions of the occasion remain.

    Conflict Karenni Lead Story Military News

    Tatmadaw expanding presence, says Karenni NGO

    Military has been “reinforcing its troops, expanding outposts, storing supplies and ammunition, and confiscating and staking off land for the army”: KCSN

    DVB Roadshow: The mystery of the Kyatgu caves video

    Karenni Lead Story Video

    DVB Roadshow: The mystery of the Kyatgu caves

    On the second episode of DVB’s Doh Pyay Doh Myay Roadshow, the team explores a mountain cave in Karenni State, feared by locals to be haunted.

    DVB Debate: Ethnic perspectives video

    DVB Debate Lead Story News Video

    DVB Debate: Ethnic perspectives

    Are ethnic voices being heard?

    Karenni Lead Story News

    Karenni youth bus crashes near Naypyidaw, 1 killed, 20 injured

    A bus carrying members of the Union Karenni State Youth crashed en route to Naypyidaw, leaving one passenger dead and more than 20 injured.

    DVB Debate: Can federalism be the solution? video

    DVB Debate Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    DVB Debate: Can federalism be the solution?

    On this episode of DVB Debate, a panel of ethnic leaders and political analysts discuss the future of federalism in Burma.

    Culture Karenni Lead Story News

    Karenni language, alphabet to be taught in schools

    The Karenni alphabet – kyal poe gyi or kayah li – was created in 1962, and has only ever been widely taught at refugee camps in Thailand. It appears to be modelled, linguists say, on Thai and Burmese scripts.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Protesting Karenni farmers threatened by army commander

    Karenni farmers, who sent a letter to Commander-in-chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing asking him to intervene in a local land dispute, say they have now been threatened by local military commanders.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Landslide devastates Karenni refugee camp: 1 dead, 1 missing

    A landslide induced by continuous heavy rains has killed at least one man at a Karenni refugee camp in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand.

    Bullet Points: 20 August 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 20 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson

    Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers video

    Culture Lead Story News

    Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers

    As brands of Burmese alcohol compete with recently approved foreign liquor imports, Karenni villagers are fighting to retain local brewing customs.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Ethnic political parties promise mass protest if PR system passes

    The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation will stage public protests across eastern Shan State if a parliament approves a Proportional Representation (PR) voting system.

    Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border video

    Lead Story News Refugees Video

    Angelina Jolie visits refugee camp at Thai-Burmese border

    Film star and UNHCR special envoy Angelina Jolie visited a Karenni woman and her family at a refugee camp near the Thai-Burmese border on Friday, to mark World Refugee Day.

    Karenni Land Lead Story News

    Farmers plough on in Karenni land grab case

    More than 200 farmers staged a protest on Tuesday in the town of Hpruso in Karenni State against land grabs by the Burmese military by marching to the confiscated farmland in question to plough it.

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