Karen Information Center

August 14, 2017
<p>A leader of the Karen National Liberation Army has called for continuing the fight for ethnic autonomy, but through peaceful, political...
August 14, 2017
With the leniency period now over, Thailand has warned that any remaining unregistered migrant laborers may be deported.
August 8, 2017
<p>A new network of activists and civil society groups has been warning Kayin (Karen) State residents of the dangers of coal through...
August 8, 2017
<p>Around 2,000 people participated in a traditional Karen wrist tying ceremony in Kawkareik township on August 7.</p> <p>&...
August 7, 2017
Amid efforts to entice more ethnic armed groups into the fold of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Karen National Union shared its peace...
U Naing Naing Tun
August 5, 2017
<p>Education reform activist and champion of migrant education U Naing Naing Tun passed away on August 2 in Thailand, according to his...
August 1, 2017
Karen activists and aid workers are trying to drum up last-minute support for a shelter of internally displaced persons, before it runs out of...
July 31, 2017
<p>General Saw Ka Sel Doh, a Karen resistance fighter who joined the Karen Nation Union&rsquo;s armed wing in the first months of its...
July 31, 2017
<p>Schools have been closed and nearly 900 people have been evacuated from a town in southern Kayin (Karen) State due to severe flooding,...
July 29, 2017
<p>A Mon State official has pledged K16 million (US$11,800) for a traditional Karen wrist trying ceremony, an event celebrating Karen culture...
Photo: Aung Thu Hein
July 28, 2017
Thailand has temporarily called off construction of a drain near the Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) border cross with Myanmar after digging on the site...
July 28, 2017
<p>The Mon State government will provide 16 million kyats budget to hold Kayin traditional wrist typing ceremonies in the Mon State, according...