Karen Information Center

June 26, 2015
In an exclusive interview with Karen News, the International Non-Government Organisation, PU-AMI, outlined its plans to protect refugees on the Thai...
June 26, 2015
Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met Karen community based organisations (CBOs) on 23 June to discuss...
June 24, 2015
The start of the regional wet season has seen an increase in dengue fever cases coming to Mae Tao Clinic located in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae...
Camp Fumigation (Photo-SI)
June 22, 2015
The threat of a dengue virus outbreak this coming wet season means that Thomas Viger, the Thailand program coordinator for Solidaritès International...
Kachin Independence Army soldiers at the frontline (Photo: Zen Myat/Karen News)
June 22, 2015
Armed conflict in Kachin and parts of Shan State continues, despite ongoing ceasefire talks between the Burma Government and ethnic armed groups, as...
Chin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) take Shelter near the Kaladan River in Chin State (Photo: KMG)
June 17, 2015
A human rights organisation has accused the Burma Army and an ethnic armed group of abuses and violations against civilians in Southern Chin State.
Sleeping Nets for babies at Mae Tao Clinic, Child IPD in Mae Sot © Phil Thornton
June 17, 2015
To commemorate ASEAN Dengue Day on 15 June 2015, international aid agencies, community based groups and public health workers across the region...
June 11, 2015
A Thai construction company began working on a second Maesot-Myawaddy Friendship Bridge project on the Thai side of the border in early June.
June 10, 2015
Khun Than Cho was worried when the school called to tell her, her daughter, Aye Aye was sick. “I was planting corn with my husband and older son when...
June 9, 2015
Health professionals on the Thai Burma border are preparing themselves for dengue fever outbreaks in the region as it has been predicted that 2015...
June 9, 2015
The Unity Committee for Karen armed groups held a special meeting to discuss the management and merger of the tollgates run by different Karen armed...
June 8, 2015
Villagers in Karen State have lodged a protest at their local land registration office against applications by companies and investors to take...