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Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say ...
Thirteen Myanmar junta aircraft, worth around US$170 million in total, have been shot down by the anti-regime forces since ...
The airstrikes closely followed clashes in the large, nearby village tract of Moebye, Pekhon Township, which the junta came ...
The call comes as the junta intensifies its attacks in a bid to retake areas held by Karenni resistance forces ...
Thandar Soe, 11, from Kayah state in southeast Myanmar, shown in October at a camp in northwest Thailand where she, her family and other Karenni people took refuge after repeatedly relocating in ...
Burmese artist and Cedar Rapids resident Saw Naing Lin documents his life through decades of ethnic cleansing and war in a new exhibit at CSPS Hall.
In the middle of Myanmar's ongoing civil war, China has suffered a major setback. A fighter jet made in China and used by ...
Sepak takraw, sometimes called “kick volleyball,” is enormously popular in swaths of Southeast Asia. An unlikely advocate of the sport has built a takraw dynasty in the United States.
As a result, over 180,000 Karenni people have become internally displaced. They are forced to flee to monasteries, churches, and school compounds.
Most people in Karenni are now displaced, living with a few bundles of their most valuable possessions, including, surprisingly often, a guitar. “History is written with our blood,” she sang.
Jesse Phenow ’14 Receives 4 Under 40 Achievement Award As co-founder of The Urban Village, Jesse Phenow ’14 journeys alongside the K'nyaw and Karenni communities in St. Paul, Minnesota, as they help ...