36 people killed and over 100 injured in fire at refugees camp
A fire broke out at a refugee camp in northern Thailand with 36 dead Myanmar refugees while injuring around 100 people. Officials are alarmed that death toll could still go up, Bangkok Post report said. Another fire broke out in Mae Surin refugee camp located in Mae Hong Son province last night killing around thirty [...]
President’s Office Minister Aung Min disclosed that a National Conference will be organized by Karen ethnic leaders by the end of February to be held at Hpa-an, the capital of Karen State, said news report from Eleven Media. The main objective of this conference is to unite and bring together the people of Karen. He [...]
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Derek Mitchell U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar will pay an official visit to Mon and Karen States to talk regarding the ceasefire and political dialogue on January 11 to 13, 2013. The ambassador will be meeting with government officials, civil society representatives, religious institutions, various armed groups and political parties, Eleven Media report said. With this [...]
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The Kyauk Kyi Pilot Project is the first pilot project that has been initiated under the Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI). The aims of the pilot project, in line with the aims of MPSI, are to provide much needed assistance to conflict-affected IDPs, to support trust building and dialogue at a local level in order [...]
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Spirits were high among the select group of Burmese refugees waiting in the stifling midday heat to catch a brief glimpse of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, affectionately known simply as “The Lady”, during her historic visit to Thailand’s largest refugee camp on the Thai-Burmese border. Security was tight at the Mae La camp [...]
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As one of the trusted people in the parliament today, different ethnic groups in Myanmar asked democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi to intercede for them since the agreements on various peace treaties are not effective. Timothy Laklem, Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Peace Council executive said that it is vital for President Thein Sein, [...]
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Japan, one of the ASEAN nations has been generously accepting Karen refugees from Karen state in which conflicts in these areas are rampant. Junji Ito, first secretary for political affairs at the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, is organizing the program on the relocation of 15 Karen families with 41 people staying at camp Um-piam which [...]
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KNU rebel leader is facing a life sentence imprisonment because of betrayal to Myanmar. But because the government included Mahn Nyein Maung, a commander of the Karen National Union (KNU) in a general pardon for all the hundreds of political prisoners granting the amnesty last January 14. His case of treason was reviewed by a [...]
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News has reached some Karen refugees from Melbourne Australia about the reforms being implemented in Myanmar. Just recently it has been the most widely talked among the ethnic groups of 5000 in Melbourne thus their coming back to Myanmar is a possibility. A lot of advantages have been successfully experienced since the time when the [...]
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Another door opened for new reform in Myanmar by the signing of a ceasefire agreement by well known ethnic rebel groups last Thursday. A group of ministers from Naypyidaw were chosen to represent the government while the Karen National Union (KNU) was represented by its senior members. The peace pact was signed in Hpa-an, the [...]
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