By Saw Kel Taw Guest contributor Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) Teacher On the way to Hpa Yar Thone Su, one of my colleagues from the school asked me to wait…

By Saw Kel Taw Guest contributor Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) Teacher On the way to Hpa Yar Thone Su, one of my colleagues from the school asked me to wait…
Plans to create two parks to protect swathes of mountainous jungle in Burma could stop more than 16,000 refugees who fled conflict from going home.
The Thai government is stepping up efforts to boost the Rangoon-Mae Sot trade link by approving a 1.8 billion baht ($53 million) budget to help Burma develop part of its…
Gen Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen Border Guard Force, said he may close Karen State’s border with Thailand if a dispute with Thai officials is not resolved.
The 90 refugees from the Nu Po refugee camp in Thailand’s Tak Province are the first to return to Karen State under a programme sponsored by the Burmese government.
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…