Karen Information Center

August 21, 2015
In August 2011, at Mae Sot General Hospital, a mother found herself facing a choice no parent should have to make.
August 17, 2015
The Karen National Union has decided to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement even if not all groups are included a statement from the organisation...
August 17, 2015
The Karen National Union has decided to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, despite the other members of the ethnic armed group’s alliance,...
August 17, 2015
The case of a Burma Army soldier raping and murdering a 28-year-old woman in Shan State throws government promises of an end to sexual violence in...
August 17, 2015
The arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of land rights activists across Burma forms a new wave of prisoners of conscience, Human Rights Watch has said...
August 17, 2015
In the speech at the commemoration of the 65th Karen Martyrs’ Day, the head of the Karen National Liberation Army, General Johnny called for all...
August 14, 2015
The floods in Burma may have stabilized for the moment, but it is forecast that heavy rainfalls will continue to fall across the country during the...
August 12, 2015
The United States Secretary of State, John Kerry announced that his government would give “US$600,000 for immediate response through USAID’s Office...
August 12, 2015
The floods that have devastated Burma and affected as many as one million people have galvanised support from around the world.
August 12, 2015
The European Commission has pledged €1 million ($US 1.97 million) in emergency aid to help Burma’s flood victims.
August 7, 2015
Thai people from Thailand’s border province of Tak, have donated aid worth 750 million kyat in relief items through the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border...
August 7, 2015
The Thai-Burma border based Emergency Assistance and Relief Team (EART) has opened a donation center to accept aid for Burma flood victim.