Karen Information Center

August 7, 2015
The Burma government has confirmed a state of emergency in fours states as heavy rain continues to lash central and western parts of the country.
August 3, 2015
The number of political prisoners that have been released since 2014 is incredibly low given the number of overall prisoners released during that...
August 3, 2015
A report by Free Burma Rangers has recorded renewed offensives by government forces in Northern Shan State and Mali Yang in Kachin State.
July 31, 2015
Parents on the Thai Burma border have good reason to be worried that their children will become infected with the dengue virus.
July 24, 2015
Karen community-based-organizations have come to the aid of civilians displaced by fighting between government troops and the Democratic Karen...
July 23, 2015
Recent fighting between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and Government troops displaced more than 1,000 people from their homes, left them...
July 23, 2015
The senior delegation negotiating the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on behalf of Burma’s ethnic armed organisations said in a statement that its...
July 23, 2015
Community-based-organizations in Karen State are coming together to increase their efforts to educate people about voting in the national elections...
July 23, 2015
Land confiscation in Karen state has continues to increase according to a new report from the Karen Human Rights Group.
July 21, 2015
A senior member of the Hpa-an based, Plone-Sgaw Democratic Party (PSDP), a Karen political party, said that they are planning to contest all...
July 21, 2015
The Committee to Protect Journalists urged the Burma government and relevant authorities to “prosecute the perpetrators” of an attack on the owner of...
July 18, 2015
Specialists are predicting this year’s outbreak of the deadly fever could have life-threatening consequences for people across the region Dr Pipat is...