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2013-04-04
A Shan environmental organization warned that the recent increase military tension between the Burma Army and the ethnic armed group, the Shan State...
2013-04-04
The Burma government and Karen health officials have agreed to join forces to combat malaria in rural communities.
2013-03-29
Government authorities have applied pressure to 30 villagers in Cha Khan village who have refused to relocate, to make way for the construction of...
2013-03-29
The Myanmar Mahar Dana Company called a meeting to discuss with Htilon villagers their plans to build an antimony processing plant near Htilon...
2013-03-28
Karen News photojournalist Saw Mort spent time with landmine casualty Saw LahKyi, a Karen National Liberation Army soldier, who lost both legs when...
2013-03-27
Between Thailand and Myanmar, the town of Mae Sot is experiencing rapid economic growth. But the story of success is a double-edged sword, with...
2013-03-26
Farmers in Karen State have been told to apply for land concession of their farmland that were either confiscated or were sold off by officials in...
2013-03-26
Following the murderous violence between Buddhist and Muslim communities in Meikhtila Town last week, a prominent Buddhist monk organization has...
2013-03-26
The Karen Refugees Committee has issued a statement outlining its position on the repatriation of Karen refugees on the Thai-Burma border.
2013-03-25
The Kaw Moo Ra Karen Youth Group last week raided an island located in the middle of the Moei River and ‘detained’ suspected drug runners and seized...
2013-03-25
Over 100 houses located in area near a Burma Army camp in Three Pagoda Pass Town were told by senior army officer they had to leave the area.
2013-03-25
Karen News is led to understand that the death toll from the fire that destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp has now been confirmed as 35 with one...
2013-03-23
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has confirmed today that 45 refugees were killed in a fire that tore through the Baan Mae...
2013-03-23
Karen National Union officials in the Tenasserim Township, Southern Burma are concerned that a coalmine will pollute local waterways posing a health...
2013-03-23
An environmentalist advocate, the Love Salween Group, issued a statement yesterday condemning government officials for denying a request by villagers...