KIC
2014-02-24
Migrant schools working in Thailand’s border town of Mae Sot are bringing hopes of a better future for students, many of whom face huge challenges in...
2014-02-21
Thai Burma border based Karen groups meet to discuss broad collaboration on a diverse set of issues, including emergency response and how to best...
2014-02-20
The Geba ethnic group currently incorrectly classified as a Karenni ethnic sub-group by the government has called on the government and relevant...
2014-02-19
The Burma government and a Thai company have agreed to pay compensation to farmers for damaging or taking their land while building the Asian Highway...
2014-02-18
Karen leaders have gotten together to discuss the classification of the Karen people in the upcoming national census.
2014-02-17
The Karen National Union’s (KNU) Vice-Chairperson, Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, urged Karen people to recall the four founding objectives of their...
2014-02-14
Landowners in Hpa-an Township are frustrated that they have to pay yearly rent to use lands that once belonged to them, but were confiscated by the...
2014-02-13
The building of shelters to replace those destroyed by a fire last week in Umpeim Mai Refugee Camp, Tak Province, is being delayed by a lack of...
2014-02-13
The conflict, which has lasted for more than two years, has seen the displacement of an estimated 80,000 Kachin people and reports of human rights...
2014-02-12
Even as Burma opens up to the world under President Thein Sein’s nominally civilian government, serious human rights abuses continue to occur,...
2014-02-12
A line of soldiers adorned in flowered garlands threaded their way across the Karen National Defence Organisation’s parade ground in Karen State.
2014-02-12
A number of international human rights groups and media watchdog organisations condemned the Burma government for jailing five journalists for...
2014-02-11
Three soldiers from Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion 549 held seven Karen villagers hostage, demanding cash for their return, claims Free Burma...
2014-02-07
General Ner Dah Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) has called for Burma’s government to “show sincerity” and commit to a ‘...
2014-02-06
The General Secretary of the Karen National Union, P’Doh Saw Kwe Htoo Win, called for Karen unity at a ceremony marking the 65th Karen Revolution Day...