KIC
2011-08-22
The Karen National Union denied reports in Burma’s state controlled newspapers that claimed that on August 8 an attack by Karen fighters had wounded...
2011-08-19
I don’t think many people in the west have any real understanding of what it is like to be driven out of your country, to have to flee for your life...
2011-08-18
Recent fighting between a breakaway Border Guard Force faction and a group under the control of the Burma Army drove more than 130 villagers in...
2011-08-09
Residents of Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in northern Thailand are bracing themselves against further flooding that has already swamped 400 houses,...
2011-08-08
Villagers in the Bu Tho Township of Papun district in northern Karen state say Burma Army forced recruitment of villagers as unpaid labor has seen at...
2011-08-03
Fighting between Border Guard Force factions forced 14 village schools in Hlaingbwe Township area to close.
2011-08-02
Last week a researcher from the Karen Human Rights Group witnessed villagers in the Palu area been used as forced labor by the Burma Army. The KHRG...
2011-07-30
Yesterday Italian-Thai company workers were evacuated back to Thailand to escape fighting between Karen fighters and Burma army soldiers near their...
2011-07-28
Amid much fanfare the new Burma education minister announced in April this year that all compulsory primary education would be free in the academic...
2011-07-27
(Feature) International funds for Burmese refugees living in Thailand are being slashed --- ZOA, a major educational donor, plans to stop operating...
2011-07-27
Mr Samart Loifah, the governor of Tak Province, sent shockwaves through the Burmese refugee camps when he told reporters earlier this week that Thai...
2011-07-26
Reports this week from Kachin and Shan States confirm rape is still being used as a tactic by the Burma Army to demoralise and terrorise ethnic...
2011-07-14
The desertion, in April of a 1,000 Border Guard Force soldiers from under the control of the Burma Army has given a huge boost to other Karen armed...
2011-07-13
Humanitarian groups accuse Burmese government soldiers of committing war crimes against 'convict porters' used in frontline conditions
2011-07-09
Threats from Burma army have forced more than 30 farmers in the Papun district of Karen state to abandon their farms and plantations.