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November 14, 2024
Junta Shelling Injures Two Children in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region
November 14, 2024
Junta Using Its Soldiers’ Families as Human Shields
November 12, 2024
KNU Seizes Base Held by Myanmar Army for 70 Years
September 7, 2015
HRW Warns That the Election Commission Gag To Prevent Criticism of...
Burma’s Union Election Committee has announced highly restrictive regulations on statements made by political parties in the upcoming nationwide...
September 7, 2015
“Without Real Political Road Map, Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Leads...
David Tharckabaw, head of the Karen National Unions Alliance Affairs, in an exclusive interview with Karen News, explains why he is opposed to the...
August 31, 2015
From Mae La Refugee Camp to Salt Lake City, Japan… and Back
In early August, 18 young Karen and Karenni teenage refugees who had resettled to the Salt Lake City in the US, returned to the Mae La refugee camps...
August 31, 2015
KNU Leader Accused By Karen Groups Of Legitimizing Government’s Use of...
In an open letter to the Karen National Union Chairperson General Mutu Sae Poe, on Saturday 29 August 2015, a coalition of international based Karen...
August 28, 2015
Burma Army Division Commander Pays High Price after Failing to Prevent...
The Burma Army was quick to replace its South-Eastern Division Commander, following his failure to prevent the recent closure of the Asia Highway due...
August 28, 2015
KNSP and International Karen Organization Alarmed Over KNU’s Decision to...
Karen community-based organizations have issued media statements raising concerns about the recent decision of the Karen National Union to sign a...
August 26, 2015
Karen General Urges Ethnic Leaders Not To Sign Nationwide Ceasefire Until...
Major General Nerdah Bo Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation in an exclusive interview with Karen News said that moves to sign a...
August 26, 2015
Ethnic Armed Groups Leaders Meet Government To Finalize Nationwide...
The ethnic armed organizations representatives have reached the end of the nationwide ceasefire agreement process following a three-day meeting in...
August 26, 2015
Shan Community Handover 23,717 Signatures Opposing Dams on the Salween...
Shan community representatives presented 23,717 signatures opposing the construction of plans to dams the Salween River to the Australian company...
August 25, 2015
Burma Parliament ‘Discriminatory’ Religious and Marriage Laws Passed
Burma’s Parliament has passed controversial laws regulating religion and marriage, amid concern from human rights organisations that the laws further...
August 25, 2015
Karen State: NLD Senior Members Defect To Join New Karen Party
Two senior members of the Karen State’s National League for Democracy resigned from the party to join the newly formed Karen Party.
August 24, 2015
Despite its Legal Status, Karen Martyrs’ Day Well Attended
For the second year running the Burma’s government allowed Karen people to commemorate their Martyrs’ Day in Rangoon. The 65th Karen Martyrs’ Day was...