Kantarawaddy Times

By KANTARAWADDY TIMESFarmers in ethnic states across Burma are facing increasing abuses of their rights to land and livelihood by the government in recent...

By KANTARAWADDY TIMESThe Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) released a statement on Monday supporting the case brought by Gambia against the Burmese state at...

By KANTARAWADDY TIMESThe Burmese military must return land seized from farmers in Karenni State if the act violated the country’s land confiscation law, a...

By Kantarawaddy TimesThe government needs to do more to help teachers of ethnic languages, said a member of a Kayan party.If higher wages are...

By KANTARAWADDY TIMESLocals have objected to the prosecution of five people in Karenni State’s Mese Township for allegedly trespassing on forest land that the...

By Kantarawaddy TimesEthnic leaders need to know their rights in order to defend their people in Karenni (Kayah) State, said Myint Thwin, a lawyer.The...

By Kantarawaddy TimesIn a bizarre twist of events, the Burma Army ordered farmers to harvest crops it previously stated were illegally planted on land...

By NAW DWAY EH KHU / KANTARAWADDY TIMESThe Kayah State Mineral Production Company (KMPC) has received a five-year extension to its license to extract...

By MAW OO MYAR / KANTARAWADDY TIMESThe Karenni State government is officially permitting 10,000 tons of timber to be sold after being harvested illegally...

By MAW OO MYAR / KANTARAWADDY TIMESThe chair of the Karenni (Kayah) State’s parliamentary monitoring committee on government project implementation has criticized the state...