Karenni Teachers Oppose Govt Extension of Academic Year

By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Teachers in Karenni State said that if the government goes ahead with a plan to extend the Burmese public school year from...

Karenni Youth Say Meeting With State Counsellor Both Satisfies and Disappoints

By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Activists who participated in a meeting with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Loikaw, Karenni State this week said that they...

Karenni Activists Ask State Parliament, Govt to ‘Listen to the Voice of the People’

By SOE HTEIN AUNG / KANTARAWADDY TIMES The Karenni State parliament has been unsatisfactory in incorporating public recommendations to their work, activists say. The...

Karenni State Chief Minister Says He Lacks Authority to Return Land Seized by Tatmadaw

By NAW DWAY EH KHU / KANTARAWADDY TIMES Karenni State chief minister L Phaung Sho has reiterated his lack off authority to return land seized...

Villagers Struggle to Pay Teachers’ Salaries

By NAW DWAY EH KHU / KANTARAWADDY TIMES Residents of the Karenni (Kayah) village of Law Palyr Lae, where there is no official government school,...

‘No Improvement to Farmers’ Rights’ Under NLD Govt, Network Says

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

Karenni Network Voices Support For ICJ Case Against Burma

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

Burma Army Must Return Illegally Confiscated Land, Lawyer Says

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

Gov’t Needs To Promote Ethnic Languages

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

Mese Township Locals Say Govt is Using Trespassing Charges to Take Their Land

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

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