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Karen Communities Worldwide Statement on SPDC and DKBA Joint Military Operation in Karen State Emergency Release 001/09 June 12th, 2009 At the beginning...

KNU warns of junta’s sham elections The Karen National Union is warning the international community cannot...

KNU calls for international cooperation in assisting Karen civilians With the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), Burma’s ruling...

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Migrant workers facing deportation Almost 60,000 Burmese migrant workers in Thailand face deportation this...

Burmese migrant workers in Thailand to be allowed to drive Getting around Mae Sot could soon be much easier for...

Thailand to register 400,000 migrant workers Thailand plans to register 400,000 foreign migrant workers reports the...

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KNU calls for Thailand to pull out of Salween Dam projects The Karen national Union (KNU) is warning construction of the...

Thailand warned of dire consequences from Salween dam project A group of 189 Thai civil organisations are calling on...

Hundreds of youths recruited by local militia in Shan State Over 200 youths from rural areas of Burma’s Shan State...

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Burmese Army in Shan State told to prepare for combat Burmese Army units in Burma’s northern Shan and Kachin States...

PLA deploys troops along Burmese border China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed thousands of troops...

DKBA recruiting villagers as border guards The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a Karen splinter group...

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Military moving troops at night in Shan State The Burmese Army is moving hundred of troops and supplies...

Preparing for war, Wa gets reinforcements from China With tensions still high between the Burmese military and armed...

Burmese Army preparing to use chemical weapons against ethnic rebels The Burmese Army has sent two trucks loaded with mortars...

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EU calls for ceasefire The European Union is calling for a ceasefire in the...

DKBA targets Karen refugees in Thailand Two Karen refugees in Thailand are dead, apparently killed in...

KNU vows to fight on With the loss of the Karen national Liberation Army’s (KNLA)...

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NLD meets to discuss elections as junta tightens security Burmese opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) is...

KNU accepts Thai offer to mediate talks with junta The Karen National Union (KNU) says it is willing to...

Burma orders publications to print pro-junta articles Domestic journals in Burma have been forced to print two...

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Burma gets nuclear training from Korea: that’s South Korea not North Korea Burma’s nuclear ambitions are getting a boost from Korea, but...

Thailand to register 400,000 migrant workers Thailand plans to register 400,000 foreign migrant workers reports the...

Migrant workers in violent protest at Mae Sot factory A protest by migrant workers at a factory in Mae...

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DKBA’s patron stalling Border Guard plans Plans by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to transform...

DKBA defectors return to the KNU More than 100 soldiers from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army...

DKBA recruiting villagers as border guards The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a Karen splinter group...

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US Congress hears of SPDC’s human rights abuses from a Karen woman Myra Dahgaypaw, a Karen woman living in the US has...

Legal experts call for UN inquiry into crimes against humanity in Burma Human rights abuses in Burma should be examined by a...

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