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November 14, 2024
Junta Using Its Soldiers’ Families as Human Shields
November 12, 2024
KNU Seizes Base Held by Myanmar Army for 70 Years
November 12, 2024
Junta Blocking 4,000 Displaced From Returning Home in Taungoo Township
October 12, 2017
Karen committes hold ethnic language education summit
The Karen Literature and Culture Committees from various states and regions convened in Hpa-an, Kayin (Karen) State this week to discuss the future...
October 9, 2017
Literature and culture committees promise to assist applicants for ethnic...
State and region officials are calling on all potential ethnic literature teachers to come forward and apply for daily wage teacher posts. To make...
October 2, 2017
Fundraisers held to support Ei Tu Hta IDPs
Hoping to bring relief displaced Karen people whose camp no longer has a source of funding, the Karen diaspora across the border in Thailand staged...
October 2, 2017
Shortage of textbooks, teachers and political will stymie Karen literature...
A Kayin (Karen) State official is accusing some school administrators of putting up road blocks to prevent Karen language and literature classes from...
September 26, 2017
Financial assistance dries up at the Ei Tu Hta IDP camp
<p>Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its...
September 21, 2017
Activists call for greater inclusion of women in Myanmar’s peace,...
<p>Promoting female leadership in peace, politics and local administration will benefit the entire country, activists reiterated at a three-day...
September 20, 2017
Female leader elected to KNU district-level executive committee
Karen activists welcomed the appointment last week of a woman to a senior role within the Karen National Union, but they also emphasized the ongoing...
September 19, 2017
Mon State govt donates Karen costumes, instruments to universities
In effort to bolster Karen traditions, the Mon State government has donated dance costumes and instruments to five universities, an official said.
September 19, 2017
Business for peace forum held in Kayin State
Kayin (Karen) State is open for business and ready for investment to pave the way for development, participants at a recent “Business for Peace”...
September 18, 2017
Refugee activists discuss pressure to return from Thai-Myanmar border at...
At a public seminar in Thailand last week, Karen and Karenni officials raised concerns about the increasing pressure for refugees to return from the...
September 16, 2017
Karen diaspora in Minnesota keeps language alive with local trainings
<p>A group of Karen residents in Minnesota are trying to keep their traditions alive among the diaspora by teaching the Karen language and...
September 16, 2017
Three hundred residents flee, three detained after alleged Tatmadaw...
<p>Around 300 residents from a village in northern Shan State have fled into the jungle after a Tatmadaw patrol reportedly began shooting in...