Karen Information Center

June 21, 2017
The matriculation exam pass rate at Myanmar migrant schools in Mae Sot, Thailand remains very low, according to the Burmese Migrant Workers'...
June 20, 2017
Kya Khat Chaung High School in Kyain Seikgyi Township had the highest matriculation exam pass rate in Kayin (Karen) State – for the fifth year in a...
June 19, 2017
With only rice to eat and no work opportunities to be had, families sheltering at the Ei Tu Hta Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Kayin (Karen)...
June 17, 2017
The National Karen School has re-opened under a new name, the Karen Affairs School by the Karen Literature and Cultural Committee. The school is...
June 17, 2017
As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s State Counsellor, concluded her Canadian tour in Toronto, members of the Karen community claimed she failed to...
June 16, 2017
<p>To cope with a severe funding deficit, staff at nine refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border have agreed to take a 40 percent pay cut...
June 16, 2017
Over 200 schools in Kayin (Karen) State are slated for an upgrade amid the Ministry of Education’s effort to invest more resources and place more...
June 14, 2017
<p>Peace has paved the way for tourism in Kayin (Karen) State, tourism officials said this week.</p> <p>U Win Kyaw, deputy director...
June 9, 2017
<p>Marking its 20th anniversary, the Karen Information Center (KIC) News held a media roundtable discussion about the future of media in...
June 6, 2017
Around 300 Myanmar migrants were arrested in Mae Sot last week as part of a mass crackdown on undocumented laborers, according to local workers’...
June 2, 2017
The Karen National Union (KNU) is calling on the Tatmadaw to remove military camps that have proliferated in Hpapun District, to the concern of the...
May 31, 2017
Nearly 1,000 Mon State residents signed a petition asking the Karen National Union to cancel a quarry and a cement factory slated for construction in...