KIC
2013-10-17
The unconnected death of two refugee women within a month at a refugee camp on the Thai Burma border has triggered fears about the security of women...
2013-10-16
A Japanese aid agency has promised to provide low-interest loans to the Mon State government for road building and other infrastructure projects.
2013-10-14
Government Minister wants to build a village to house returning refugees. U Zaw Min, the chief minister of Karen State, proposed to the Karen...
2013-10-14
The human rights situation in Burma is moving too slowly, says Fortify Rights a non-profit human rights organization based in Southeast Asia, with...
2013-10-09
The Karen National Union (KNU), a leading ethnic armed and political organizations currently in peace talks with the Burma government, has been...
2013-10-08
The use of ‘section 18’ – also known as the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law – to punish and restrict activist’s highlights the lack of...
2013-10-08
The Karen National Union’s vice-chairperson, Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, concludes a three part exclusive interview with Karen News.
2013-10-07
The Burma Army reneged on an agreement it had with the Karen National Union and arrested two Karen soldiers for collecting taxes at a temporary...
2013-10-05
Food rations for refugees living in the seven refugee camps on the Thai border will be reduced due to funding cuts by international aid organizations...
2013-10-04
The Molo Women Mining Watch Network (MWMWN) and the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) today strongly condemned the government of Burma’s decision...
2013-10-03
The jailing of 10 activists by Burma’s government was slammed by regional human rights groups who accused the government of muscling out local...
2013-10-03
A local rights group, the Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU), releases video it claims shows how Thai and Burmese developers of the Dawei deap-sea mega...
2013-10-01
The Karen National Union met last week with Burma government officials in Rangoon and Nay Pyi Daw to try to give its ceasefire arrangements and peace...
2013-10-01
Japan joined a meeting between Thailand and Burma to discuss how to kick-start the Dawei $60 billion mega project in southern Burma. It was the first...
2013-09-30
A woman from Mae La refugee camp on the Thai Burma border was found dead in suspicious circumstances in close proximity to the camp.