The Kaw Moo Ra Karen Youth Group last week raided an island located in the middle of the Moei River and ‘detained’ suspected drug runners and seized illegal substances, ammunition and weapons. The River Moei separates Thailand from Burma.
Yangon: An empowering training of Arakanese women is being held in Yangon, the former capital of Burma, to promote women’s skills in all sectors in Burma like politics, business and social affairs.
The Shan Kayah Trust-building for Peace Conference in Lashio, Shan state concluded with discussions by ethnic women leaders about the many roles that women can play in the current peace process in Myanmar.
At least 8 Burma army troops have been killed and several more injured following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Shan state recently, according to KIA officials based in the area.
The Japanese Ambassador Mikio Numata donated US$6.9 million on behalf of Japan to the UN refugee agency in Myanmar in an official ceremony in Naypyitaw on March 22.
The Jakarta Globe has reported that Bukit Asam, an Indonesian state-owned coal mining company, plans to invest US $80 million in a mine-mouth coal-fired power plant in Myanmar.
Karen News is led to understand that the death toll from the fire that destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp has now been confirmed as 35 with one person still unaccounted for.
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