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November 25, 2019
Overseas based Burma ethnic alliance and coalition groups issued statements welcoming Gambia’s lawsuit to the International Court of Justice for...
 Padoh Mahn Ba Tun Leading Kaw Thoo Lei Tree Planting Day, June 2019
November 16, 2019
Saw Blacktown — Communities in rural Karen State don’t refer to climate change by name, but they have experienced its negative impacts and are...
November 13, 2019
The Karen National Union said the effectiveness and the usefulness of foreign funding has been nullified by need for ethnic armed organizations to...
Karen women seminar at Lay Wah, Pa-an district, Karen State, October 2019
November 10, 2019
Karen women’s groups called for more women to be involved in Burma’s federal political and Karen National Union elections. The call was made in a...
November 5, 2019
Thoo Mwe Khee School, a popular migrant school on the Thai-Burma border, is having difficulties coping with almost 1,000 student’s packed classrooms...
October 16, 2019
Villagers in Nat Gon and nearby villages of Hpa-an Township, Karen State panicked after noticing their water sources had turned black. They are now...
October 15, 2019
The Karen National Union briefed 168 representatives from its departments and 63 Karen civil society organizations at Law Khee Lar (also known as)...
October 11, 2019
Preparations are underway to start operation of the 2nd Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge, connecting the Thai border town of Mae Sot in Tak Province and...
October 3, 2019
To achieve peace in Burma, Padoh Saw Thamaing Tun, a KNU Central Committee member, said the government needs to prioritize the country’s ethnic...
October 3, 2019
Three Karen activists arrested for organizing a peaceful community ceremony to commemorate the 69th Karen Martyr’s Day in Rangoon were given 15-days...
September 23, 2019
Burma’s government has come under scrutiny for arresting three Karen for organizing a peaceful community ceremony and to use the word ‘Martyrs’. The...
July 27, 2019
Earlier this July, 157 refugees more from camps along the Thai-Burma border returned to Burma. This was the fourth group officially to voluntarily...