Tensions Rise Between Company and Local Residents Over Mining Operation at Myin Ma Hti Mountain

Kantarawaddy Times At the Shan-Karenni border, in Phekon Township’s Thikeik Village Tract, tensions are rising between a mining company and local residents over mining operations...

The Food Crisis Facing Karenni IDPs That Needs to Be Addressed

Blessing/ Kantarawaddy Times It has been almost four years since the people of Karenni State have been displaced by war. Two-thirds of Karenni’s population are...

Those Who Replace Their Losses with Happiness

Kay Du/ Kantarawaddy Times On a breezy evening, school-age children were running around and playing along the roadside. Around the same time, housewives and children...

IDP Farmer Daw Pheh Myar Says ‘If We Have Land to Cultivate, We Won’t Go Hungry’

Kantarawaddy Times Scattered among the farms, small bamboo huts with thatched roofs dot the landscape here and there. As the writer looks towards one of...

Thai-Karenni Border Displacement Camp faces Difficulty Due to the Lack of Rice Supplies

Kantarawaddy Times An internally displaced persons (IDP) camp on the border of Thailand and Karenni State is now facing hardships after losing donor support for...

Orchid Trade Booms in the Western Hpruso, Attracting More Sellers

Kantarawaddy Times In the western part of Hpruso Township, Karenni State, both local residents and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been increasingly searching for wild...

20 Civilians Arrested in Karenni State Within a Month

Kantarawaddy Times According to the Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG), a total of 20 civilians were arrested in Karenni State during March. U Ba Nyar, founder...

Flood-Damaged School in Karenni State Urgently Needs Support Ahead of New Academic Year

By Kantarawaddy Times Residents of Pon Chaung Village, located in Somo Pray Soe Leh Township (locally known as Shan Daw Township) in Karenni State, are...

Junta Inspects Mobile Banking Accounts of People Entering Loikaw, Arrests Reported

By Kantarawaddy Times Residents of Loikaw have reported that people returning to the city in Karenni State from other regions are being subjected to inspections...

IDP Camp No. 2 in Somo Pray Soe Leh Township Needs Support to Open Middle School

By Kantarawaddy Times In Camp No. 2 for internally displaced persons (IDPs), located in Somo Pray Soe Leh Township (also known as Shardaw Township) of...

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