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HURFOM collects a list of 200 villagers who had fled from Yephyu Township
Kaowao: March 11, 2010
According to local reports villagers from Komile, Kyauk-Katin and Yaphu in Yephyu Township, Terasserim Division fled to Tavoy District - an area under NMSP control – following pressure from the local military authorities for them to ....

SPDC pressures KPF to form Border Guard Force
Kaowao: February 21, 2010
An emergency meeting was held by the Karen Peace Force in the capital of Mon state this week to discuss the appointment of a new party leader and the transformation of its soldiers into a Border Guard Force,...

Forced militias ordered to battle in southern Burma
Kaowao: February 18, 2010
Sangkhlaburi –Burmese Army is stepping up militia strategy to replenish its forces by forcing the local people into militia units (Pyi-Thu-Sit) to fight against the armed insurgent groups in southern Mon State and northern Tenasserim Division...

Karen Youths Fearful of Joining DKBA Border Guard Force
Kaowao: February 16, 2010
Sangkhlaburi -- The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army says that the relations with the SPDC are to maintain a close working relationship that “bears fruit”; however, things are not rosy as the SPDC and the DKBA would want them to be...

Villager killed after challenging Burmese Militia
Kaowao: February 11, 2010
The three villagers, who hail from Ale Sakhan village in Yebyu Township of Tenasserim Division, had decided to risk repercussions and come forward with their complaints ..

History
A kingdom with a thousand faces
By Lita Davidson
A recent historical interpretation has strongly questioned the existence of a Mon
Buddhist kingdom in Lower Burma in the early first millennium referred to as Rāmaññadesa ,...

Feature
Hunger for Education
Report by Minn Punn Han
But her own journey in becoming an educated person was cut short when the Burmese military government closed all its schools after the 1988 uprising,..

The Karen Flag: A Symbol of Unity
Report by Winraw Saw Htel Nay
The large crowd filling the chairs in front of the stage at the recent Karen New year celebrations, held on the grounds of the Mae Towe Clinic, in Mae Sot, ...

2010 Happy New Year from Kaowao Newsgroup
We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank and acknowledge the many people who have supported Kaowao over the past two years. Your support on both equipment and morale allowed for the expansion of Kaowao multimedia projects, ...

New Mon Party or A New
Party formed by Some Mon?

Interview with Zoya Phan

Malaysia: Burmese Rights and Drug Issue Long Neglected
Election 2010: Mon veterans contest or not
Will civil war continue in Burma