Karen Information Center

February 10, 2020
Respected Health Worker Loses Battle with Cancer Padoh Saw Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, a department head of the Karen National Union, passed away on February 8...
Ethnic groups rally in front of Myanmar Embassy in Washington Supporting ICJ lawsuit. (Photo-KOA)
December 12, 2019
The International Court of Justice began its hearing on December 10 in The Hague, Netherlands on its genocide lawsuit filed by Gambia against Burma...
December 11, 2019
The Karen National Union is to meet with Burma Army officers to discuss tensions over road building, troop expansion in Karen State. The meeting will...
December 11, 2019
On a recent mission to Mon State, Burma Children Medical Fund staff were surprised to see an old patient, Saw Than Htet turn up with villagers to...
December 3, 2019
News of Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision this week to lead Myanmar’s delegation to the Hague to defend an accusation of genocide sent shock waves through...
November 27, 2019
50 Community groups from Burma country and overseas signed a petition rejecting the World Bank’s proposed “Peaceful and Prosperous Communities...
Padoh Shew Maung – speaking at the coordination meeting.
November 25, 2019
For the first time, four Karen ethnic armed groups have agreed to hold the district level Karen New Year celebrations on December 26, 2019. Padoh Saw...
November 25, 2019
Overseas based Burma ethnic alliance and coalition groups issued statements welcoming Gambia’s lawsuit to the International Court of Justice for...
 Padoh Mahn Ba Tun Leading Kaw Thoo Lei Tree Planting Day, June 2019
November 16, 2019
Saw Blacktown — Communities in rural Karen State don’t refer to climate change by name, but they have experienced its negative impacts and are...
November 13, 2019
The Karen National Union said the effectiveness and the usefulness of foreign funding has been nullified by need for ethnic armed organizations to...
Karen women seminar at Lay Wah, Pa-an district, Karen State, October 2019
November 10, 2019
Karen women’s groups called for more women to be involved in Burma’s federal political and Karen National Union elections. The call was made in a...
November 5, 2019
Thoo Mwe Khee School, a popular migrant school on the Thai-Burma border, is having difficulties coping with almost 1,000 student’s packed classrooms...