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    95 Search results for "BGF"

    International Relations Lead Story News

    Dozens of Thai tourists released after brief detention by Karen BGF

    A Karen Border Guard Force has released 35 Thai tourists who were detained at a market in Burma on Saturday following negotiations.

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News

    Karen BGF leader threatens to close border

    Gen Saw Chit Thu, leader of the Karen Border Guard Force, said he may close Karen State’s border with Thailand if a dispute with Thai officials is not resolved.

    Conflict Lead Story News

    DKBA, BGF clash in Karen State

    Five civilians were reported injured after DKBA troops allegedly attacked a Border Guard Force in Karen State’s Kawkareik Township on Wednesday.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Trade

    Karen BGF closes jetties in oil dispute with Thais

    The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has closed 23 border ports along the Moei River in retaliation for curbs on oil transportation by Thai authorities.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    DKBA renegades ambush govt troops in Karen State

    “The DKBA renegades employed guerrilla tactics,” said a local BGF commander.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby

    “We have only rice for survival,” said Saw Swe Tun, the camp administrator.

    Lead Story News

    Thailand-Burma link at Three Pagodas Pass reopened

    The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing into Burma through Kanchanaburi has reopened after being temporarily shut following a hostage­taking incident last month.

    International Relations Lead Story News

    Thais told to avoid Three Pagodas Pass into Burma

    Tourists have been advised not to across the border into Burma at the Three Pagodas Pass in Kanchanaburi in the wake of a hostage­taking incident at the weekend.

    Karenni Lead Story Natural resources News

    Australian firm expects Karenni mining permit approved soon

    Eumeralla and its local partner Myanmar Energy Resources Group are seeking to explore a 400km-square area in Karenni State.

    Conflict Environment Lead Story News

    Karen clashes linked to controversial dam project, say activists

    Karen Rivers Watch says recent fighting for control of a road to the site of the controversial Hatgyi hydropower dam is putting a dangerous strain on the ceasefire in Karen State.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    DKBA renegade leader said to be ‘still alive and fighting’

    The DKBA renegade faction has denied reports that its leader, Col. Saw San Aung, had been killed in a clash with Burmese government forces.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Karen IDPs ‘not safe to go home yet’ due to landmines

    “We are currently clearing the area of landmines, but it is a challenge as they are scattered everywhere,” said BGF officer Naing Maung Zaw.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Burma army reports 13 clashes with DKBA renegades

    Ministry of Information reports that government forces clashed 13 times with renegade Democratic Karen Buddhist Army troops between 11 and 15 September.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State

    Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian relief for over 3,800 villagers displaced by recent hostilities.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    2,000 flee homes as former DKBA forces clash in Karen State

    The renegades had earlier warned of an “all-out war” against the local BGF; tensions had reportedly been escalating since the renegades broke from the DKBA at the beginning of the year.

    Lead Story News Shan

    8 arrested in Kengtung for impersonating local militia

    Police in Shan State detain eight people, including a Chinese national, who were caught wearing the uniforms of local militia members.

    Karen Lead Story Logging News

    When logging deals go wrong: DKBA commander hacked to death

    DKBA renegades say Na Ma Kyar did not kidnap the mahouts, but was only holding them temporarily as the logging camp operators had failed to pay them operating fees.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Interview: ‘Inclusiveness is crucial in the peace process’

    DVB speaks to Gen Saw Kyaw Thet, the chief-of-staff of a breakaway faction of the ceasefire DKBA, about the group’s stance on the peace process.

    Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News Politics

    DKBA splinter group clash with Border Guard Force

    A splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army remains locked in a clash with a Border Guard Force militia in Karen State.

    Video: One dead in Karen rebel shootout video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    Video: One dead in Karen rebel shootout

    A pro-government Karen militia engaged a local rebel group in a shootout on Friday, in the most recent episode of unrest in Burma’s east.

    Asian Highway reopens as conflict simmers video

    Karen Lead Story News Video

    Asian Highway reopens as conflict simmers

    A disputed stretch of Asian Highway 1 reopened on Friday, according to the Border Guard Force, after fighting settled between the DKBA and government troops.

    WATCH: Burmese troops comb highway for rebels video

    Karen Lead Story News Video

    WATCH: Burmese troops comb highway for rebels

    The Burmese army has continued operations to secure Karen State stretches of the Asian Highway, with the aid of local paramilitaries.

    Conflict Lead Story News Peace Process

    Security sector is the crucial issue, says ABSDF

    Ko Salai, a representative of ABSDF at recent Law Khee La talks, speaks about the NCCT’s proposed amendments to the ceasefire draft and the road ahead.

    Crime Karen Lead Story News

    Six convicted in Karen court for murder of abbot

    A Buddhist monk is among six men to have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the killing of a Buddhist abbot in Karen State last year.

    Lead Story Natural resources News Trade

    Oil exports resume on Thai-Burma border

    Burmese soldiers have reopened ports on the Moei River opposite to Thailand’s Tak Province to trade.

    Drugs Karen Lead Story News

    Karen border guards make largest drug bust of 2014

    The paramilitary Border Guard Force (BGF) in Karen State seized over 130,000 amphetamine pills at the end of December.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News Refugees

    2,000 displaced by recent conflict, says Karen NGO

    The Karen NGO describes the recent surge in fighting as “part of a calculated military strategy” by the Burmese army and its allies, the Karen Border Guard Force.

    Drugs Health Lead Story News

    War and drugs: a deadly combination

    KWAT reports that the escalation of drug abuse in Kachin State is fuelled by the ongoing conflict in the region.

    Conflict Karen Lead Story News

    Murdered Karen soldier’s body found in Myawaddy

    The body of a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has been found, handcuffed and badly mutilated, in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy

    Karen armed groups united to combat illicit drugs video

    Drugs Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    Karen armed groups united to combat illicit drugs

    Leaders from six Karen armed groups have formed a task force in order to combat drug production and use in the east Burmese state.

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