Burma’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at Mae La refugee camp, home to 45,000 refugees from Burma. Thousands of refugees have packed the muddy football field in the hope of seeing and hearing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Refugees gathered in the camp’s football ground to hear Suu Kyi told Karen News. “Of course all us…
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to visit Mae La refugee camp on Saturday June 2, located in Thailand’s Tak province an organizer of her confirmed to Karen News. Colonel Eh Kaw Htoo, commander of the KNLA/KNU Peace Council Border Security Special Forces told Karen News. “Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Mae La refugee camp on June…
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The National League for Democracy leader and recently elected Member of Parliament, Aung San Suu Kyi, is scheduled to make her first international trip in 24 years when she travels to Thailand to deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Bangkok on Monday 28 May. Ms Suu Kyi’s trip has caused frenzy among foreign media and international…
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Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy elected Members of Parliament took their seats in parliament following a week’s delay due to dispute over the parliamentary admission oath in the constitution. U Nyan Win spoke person for NLD said that their turnaround decision to take the oath and join the parliament is based on two reasons. Speaking…
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Naw Zipporah Sein, general secretary of the Karen National Union told Karen News that it is too early for the international community to lift sanctions imposed on Burma. Ms. Sein said there is a need for the government to implement more political reforms and a countrywide ceasefire. “It is not the time to remove the sanctions – the international community…
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The Karen National Union peace talk delegation met with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for two hours at her home in Rangoon today. The KNU discussed with the national league for democracy leader and recently elected Member of Parliament their ongoing peace talks with government and their efforts to build a lasting peace in Burma. KNU general secretary Naw Zipporah…
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The Karen National Union ‘peace talks’ delegation, that met with the Burma government and later in a separate meeting with President U Thein Sein, has been busy putting their case and gathering support among the country’s democracy groups for their cause. Yesterday, the KNU delegation met with 24 leaders of the country’s ethnic and democratic political parties to explain their…
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