KIC
2014-01-03
Naw K‘nyaw Paw, the secretary of the Karen Womens Organisation’s told Karen News that reduced funding by the international community for refugees on...
2014-01-03
The founder of the renowned Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) warns of “significant barriers” to improving the health of people on the Thai-Burma border, despite...
2013-12-25
Burma Army units in Kachin State are looting the rice rations of internal displaced people (IDP’s), and have fired on a group of villagers in at...
2013-12-19
Following the good feel surrounding the ceasefire between the Karen and Burma government, villagers forced relocated 10 years ago returned in hope to...
2013-12-19
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that of the world’s 215 million child labourers, 115 million are involved in hazardous work,...
2013-12-16
Villagers in Ka Taw Ni village in Southern Burma alleged that a Thai coal mining company used the local Burmese Army to threaten them for protesting...
2013-12-13
In a first for humanitarian organisations in Burma, the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) was awarded the Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award from...
2013-12-09
Phil Thornton-As in life, Nelson Mandala, has now in death, unified millions of people across the world. His stand with the oppressed, his fight...
2013-12-06
Nelson Mandela, the inspirational figure of Africa’s struggle for freedom and the hero to millions around the world, has died at the age of 95 in the...
2013-12-03
Last week the border crossing from Thailand’s Mae Sot to Burma’s Myawaddy opened its doors to let foreign tourists travel overland.
2013-12-03
Burma courts fine Kachin peace activists 40,000 Kyat for violating a controversial protest law that critics claim is used to gag political dissent.
2013-11-30
Ko Htwe - Myanmar’s ethnic media is at a crossroads writes Ko Htwe. Government restrictions have eased, but ethnic groups are still fighting for an...
2013-11-30
Henry Zwartz-Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Australia for five-day visit,criticised Burma’s current constitution as being “undemocratic” and urged the...
2013-11-29
Saw Blacktown- Recent reforms in Burma have not stopped thousands of migrant workers moving to Thailand in search of work. International workers...
2013-11-27
Saw Khar Hsu Nyar-The Karen National Union has opened, in response to village concerns, a clinic to give remote and isolated rural communities access...