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Mae Sot Migrant Workers March in Solidarity during International Workers' Day 2014 (Henry Zwartz/Karen News)
July 18, 2015
About 700 migrant workers from the Garman (aka A1) garment factory in Mae Sot, Thailand staged a protest over seven demands.
July 18, 2015
The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) released a statement that said that fighting between the DKBA and government army during July on the Asia...
July 17, 2015
The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) released a statement that said that fighting between the DKBA and government army during July on the Asia...
July 17, 2015
Burma’s Government is intensifying intimidation and arrest of student activists as a nationwide election nears on November 8, 2015.
July 16, 2015
Five animist Karen Villages displaced from their traditional lands where their deities lived in Mutraw (Papun) District, Karen State have resumed...
Health Education at school ©Aya.TABATA
July 13, 2015
Dengue fever outbreaks on the Thai Burma border have affected hundreds of students, with many having to be hospitalized.
July 10, 2015
The government and ethnic groups’ representatives have agreed in principle to work towards signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the...
July 9, 2015
The fighting in Karen State between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and Burma Army continued as negotiations to stop the fighting failed.
July 8, 2015
As fighting continues between the Burma Army and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), the government has come under fire from a senior Karen...
July 7, 2015
Fighting between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the Burma Army is continuing along the newly opened Asia Highway 1.
July 3, 2015
Government troops and soldiers from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) clashed on the new Myawaddy – Kawkareik Asia Highway on the morning...
June 29, 2015
Human rights watchdog, Freedom House issued a statement condemning the contempt of court charges filed against 17 journalists in Burma saying that...