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...

Farmers Criminalized For Cultivating Land

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

Army Orders Farmers To Harvest Crops On Disputed Land

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

Burmese Govt Signs Off On Five More Years of Tungsten Mining in Mawchi

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

Karenni State Govt Legalizes Sale of Logs From 10,000-Ton Timber Harvest

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

Monitoring Committee Criticizes Karenni State Govt Project Implementation

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

MPs Criticize Govt Drug Eradication Efforts in Karenni State

By KARENNI THU & NAW DWAY EH KHU / KANTARAWADDY TIMES. In Karenni State parliament this week, legislators and members of the government discussed the...

Karenni State MPs Demand New Immigration and Population Minister Be A Local

By KARENNI THU / KANTARAWADDY TIMES Parliamentarians in Karenni (also known as Kayah) State have stated that they want their next Minister of Immigration and...

MPs, Activists Raise Concerns about Loikaw Tungsten Refinery

By KARENNI THU / KANTARAWADDY TIMES Local politicians and environmental activists in Karenni (Kayah) State have expressed concern about the Union government’s approval of a...

MP Vows to Ensure Justice is Done in Child Rape Case

By KANTARAWADDY TIMES A member of Burma’s upper house of parliament has assured the family of a girl who was allegedly raped by a Burma...

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