KIC
2014-10-13
An artillery shell killed four and wounded nine civilians travelling on the Myawaddy – Kawkareik road – a major trading route from Thailand. An...
2014-10-10
The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand, a community based human rights organisation, has claimed that the Burma Army and government backed militias...
2014-10-09
Access to education in Karen State has been compromised by lack of accessible schools, poverty, war, displacement, and low wages for teachers –...
2014-10-09
Human Rights Watch has called on the World Bank Group to pressure Burma’s government to stop ongoing human rights abuses.
2014-10-09
An international human rights organisation has warned that a draft plan by the Burma government to tackle violence in Rakhine State would entrench...
2014-10-03
Aung Naing was six years old when he moved to Nu Poe refugee camp in Thailand, leaving conflict-wracked Karen State, in Eastern Burma.
2014-10-03
The Karen Women’s Organisation has criticized the decision by the Karen National Union to suspend its membership from the United Nationalities...
2014-09-30
A soldier has been killed during fighting between the Karen National Defense Organisation (that operates under the control of the Karen National...
2014-09-29
Residents of the Burma border town of Myawaddy told Karen News that fighting broke out at Aung Shwe Bo section between government soldiers and Karen...
2014-09-27
Handcuffed and with his throat-slit, Saw Ta Noe’s body was found in the Moei River near the Burmese border town of Myawaddy on September 22, a week...
2014-09-27
Following suspension of its membership with the United Nationalities Federal Council, the ethnic alliance bloc, the Karen National Union have said...
2014-09-24
To mark the International Day of Peace, Karen News spoke to members of the Karen community about the importance of peace.
2014-09-22
An order from the Burma Army banning Karen armed groups from wearing uniforms and carrying weapons has received a negative response from the militant...
2014-09-22
Police in Kawkareik Town, Karen State have arrested three people on suspicions of drug dealing. The suspects, one man and two women, were arrested...
2014-09-22
Fighting broke out in Karen State’s Brigade 5 area between Karen National Liberation Army forces and the Burma Army. The fighting took place on...