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.”
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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 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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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
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 Lead Story News Video
DVB Debate: Ethnic perspectives
Are ethnic voices being heard?
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 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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
