Karen Information Center

October 7, 2020
The United Nationalities Democracy Party (UNDP) announced on October 1st they will not be using the allocated air time on state owned radio and...
October 6, 2020
The Karen National Union refutes a Burma Army statement alleging perpetrators who shot and killed two Burma Army soldiers on August 30, near the...
October 5, 2020
Refugees living in the Tham Hin Camp on the Thai-Burma Border in Ratchaburi Province staged a protest on September 22, demanding the removal of camp...
October 5, 2020
Sa Isue — Civilians from Kyauk Ket village are worried. They fear the increase in soldiers now settled at two Burma Army camps near the village...
August 14, 2020
This year’s Martyrs’ Day brought Karen people from around the world to honor and remember those who died for freedom. Despite the peaceful ceremonies...
July 26, 2020
More than 1,500 villagers from Ku Thu Hta village tract gathered for a peaceful protest on July 22 following the murder of a Karen woman by two Burma...
July 14, 2020
Burma Campaign UK claim the British Foreign Secretary’s recent announcement sanctioning 49 individuals for human rights violations, including two...
July 7, 2020
The traditional Karen Don dance is to be submitted for nomination to the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for...
July 3, 2020
Karen State Records 200,000 More Voters Eligible for 2020 Elections – But More Villages Want the Right to Vote Karen State has seen an increase of...
July 2, 2020
The Karen Ethnic Affair Ministers of Mon State and Yangon Region, both from the National League for Democracy Party (NLD), said they are not...
Thick Forest in the Salween Peace Park, Northern Karen State (Photo-Saw Mort)
June 17, 2020
A Karen indigenous environmental conservation initiative in Northern Karen State, Burma has been named as one of this year’s Equator Prize winners...
 Chin villagers fleeing from the Burma Army jet attacks. Photo-FBR
June 10, 2020
The frontline humanitarian organization Free Burma Rangers reports that the Burma Army used fighter jets to bomb villages in Paletwa Township, Chin...