Myanmar: After Decades of Conflict, Land Deadline Looms for Myanmar Villagers

Feb 25, 2019 | Rina Chandran, Reuters
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After nearly seven decades of conflict, the Karen National Union (KNU), the oldest ethnic armed group, signed a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government in 2012, which allowed Naw Pa Eh and other Karen refugees to return home. Ethnic groups continue to fight in other areas even after a national ceasefire deal in 2015, and nearly 100,000 refugees remain in camps across the border in Thailand, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).