BANGKOK — Despite Burma’s political opening in recent years, most of the roughly 130,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand are not expecting to return any time soon. A first-of-its kind U.N. survey of refugees indicates that many remain wary of heading back across the border. A pilot socioeconomic sur...

National League for Democracy (NLD) Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to join with her in pushing for constitutional amendments. Speaking at Suu Kyi’s lakeside home in Rangoon on 9 May, the Burmese opposition leader addressed a delegation of KNU representatives...

In effort to bolster Karen traditions, the Mon State government has donated dance costumes and instruments to five universities, an official said. The Karen literature and culture committees at Mawlamyine University, Mon State’s Technological University, the University of Computer Studies, the Go...

Myanmar’s President Thein Sein assured armed ethnic groups on Friday that his government is committed to addressing their concerns through political dialogue following a nationwide cease-fire agreement he hopes to secure during talks in Kachin state this weekend. But some ethnic parties expressed...