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November 6, 2024
CDM Participants Try to Adjust to Life in Liberated Karen State Area
November 5, 2024
KNU Kills 16 Junta Soldiers, Captures 17 in Hpapun Town
November 4, 2024
Junta Airstrike Kills Three in Naungcho Township, Shan State
September 5, 2018
Health workers are still needed in KNU areas, KDHW says
The Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW), which is the health department of the Karen National Union (KNU), said health workers are still...
August 31, 2018
BNI opens path for new members with endeavors to expand ethnic media...
During its 26th editors’ meeting held at the Thai-Myanmar border from August 28 to 30, Burma News International (BNI) announced that it has opened...
IDPs who have arrived in Myaing Gyi Ngu (Photo – KIC)
August 31, 2018
Over 200 IDPs arrive in Myaing Gyi Ngu after KNLA, Tatmadaw clashed
Over 200 local residents fled to Myaing Gyi Ngu Camp on August 29 after clashes resumed between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 5...
August 31, 2018
Peace process participants, KNU hold workshop about NCA
Participants of the peace implementation process and the Karen National Union (KNU) are holding a workshop in Law Khee Lar (Lay Wah), Hpa-an District...
August 28, 2018
UNFC discusses continuous participation in peace process
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held its central executive committee meeting at the Thai-Myanmar border on Sunday (August 26) to...
BGF members (Photo – KIC)
August 23, 2018
BGF Station Commander Saw Mote Thon urges understanding between Karen...
Major Saw Mote Thon from the Border Guard Forces (BGF) Battalion 1022 in the Karen (Kayin) State said better understanding is necessary among the...
August 17, 2018
Five killed, six injured after heavy rain triggered land explosion
Five villagers died and six were injured after heavy rain triggered land explosion in Noh Li Village, which is located remotely from the town in...
August 16, 2018
Two more relief camps opened for flood victims in Hpa-an
After second flooding hit the Karen (Kayin) State's capital Hpa-an, two more relief camps have been opened in the city and the number of flood...
IKO Conference (Photo - Hsarkolomoe Tuenunu)
August 16, 2018
IKO urges KNU to call emergency congress to review peace process
The International Karen Organization (KIO) has urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to call an emergency congress to review and steer the ongoing...
August 14, 2018
Despite Official Threats to Stop Karen Martyrs’ Day – It Marches On –...
Karen leaders in the Irrawaddy Region ignored warnings and threats from Burmese authorities trying to stop Karen people commemorating the annual...
August 14, 2018
Five organizers of Karen Martyrs' Day ceremony face charges under...
Local authorities are planning to charge five organizers of the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day ceremony under the Ward and Village Tract Administration Law...
Students learning Karen literature in the Ayeyarwady Region (Photo – Sa Ai Khant Shu)
August 10, 2018
Over 100,000 students study Karen literature in Ayeyarwady Region
A total of 123,696 students are learning Karen (Kayin) literature in government schools in the Ayeyarwady Region in the 2018-2019 academic year,...