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March 18, 2014
| KIC
An international coalition of Karen community-based-organizations (CBOs) has sent a letter to the United Nations Population Fund expressing “deep...
March 17, 2014
| KIC
Fortify Rights, an international human rights organization based in South East Asia, raised concerns regarding Burma’s upcoming national census,...
March 17, 2014
| KIC
A humanitarian worker from Free Burma Rangers (FBR) was shot and badly wounded on February 18 while working in Northern Karen State.
March 14, 2014
| KIC
Tens of thousands of people from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon State joined with over 100 civil society organisations and political parties to issue a...
March 14, 2014
| KIC
The government’s Union Peacemaking Working Committee (UPWC) and the ethnic armed groups’, National Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), agreed during...
March 14, 2014
| KIC
Thick haze has blanketed the Thai-Burma border district of Mae Sot with local residents claiming it is the worst in living memory. Thick smoke made...
March 10, 2014
| KIC
Two leading Karen Women’s groups, the Karen Women’s Organisation and the Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (KWEG) have urged Burma’s reformist...
March 10, 2014
| KIC
Women from the largest refugee camp in Thailand’s express their concerns and dreams as the world marks international women’s day.
March 5, 2014
| KIC
Residents from Lun-Nya village area, in Hpa-an Township voiced their opposition to a proposed cement factory planned for their area, over concerns...
March 5, 2014
| KIC
The Karen Women Organization (KWO) has called for the postponement of Burma’s nationwide census, scheduled to run this month, until the data...
March 3, 2014
| KIC
A new research centre, called the Pyi Duang Su Institute for Peace and Dialogue (PI), opened in Chiang Mai this week with the aim of providing “...
March 1, 2014
| S.H.A.N
No roll was taken but there were some very prominent people who were rather conspicuous either by their success or failure to show up at the “grand”...
February 27, 2014
| KIC
Migrant workers, millions of whom come from neighboring Burma, are being cast adrift in a chaotic migration system – known as the National...
February 25, 2014
| KIC
The Karen National Union (KNU) has just finished a training program for a Karen police force in KNU controlled areas, aimed at improving the law...
February 24, 2014
| KIC
Migrant schools working in Thailand’s border town of Mae Sot are bringing hopes of a better future for students, many of whom face huge challenges in...