By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center (KIC) / BNI Online | August 31, 2018 Over 200 local residents fled to Myaing Gyi Ngu Camp on August 29 after clashes resumed between the Karen National Liberation Army [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | August 30, 2018 YANGON — Clashes broke out between Myanmar Army and Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) troops near the village of Kan Nyi Naung in Karen State’s [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 29, 2018 Today, at Orchid Hotel in Yangon, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) launched its thematic report titled “Development without us”: Village Agency and Land Confiscations in Southeast Myanmar. This report analyses [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | August 27, 2018 Mon youths from the Karen (Kayin) State have joined Mon youths and Mon people during the 71st Mon Revolution Day ceremony, which was led by Mon youths in Mudon [...]
Markus Rudolf and Clara Schmitz-Pranghe/ BICC | July 3, 2018 After multi-party elections and the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement hopes were high of a possible settlement of Myanmar’s protracted conflict. Yet conflicts in the border areas and [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen Informational Center / BNI Online | August 23, 2018 Major Saw Mote Thon from the Border Guard Forces (BGF) Battalion 1022 in the Karen (Kayin) State said better understanding is necessary among the divided [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | August 22, 2018 The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples event was held for the first time in northern Karen State, Burma. Karen environmentalists and Karen community demand Burma government and business investors [...]
The Irrawaddy | August 18, 2018 Kyaw Kha: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the ban on Karen Martyrs’ Day. I’m The Irrawaddy chief reporter Kyaw Kha. Saw Tun Tun, member of the committee to organize Karen [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | August 16, 2018 The International Karen Organization (KIO) has urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to call an emergency congress to review and steer the ongoing peace and political processes. The IKO [...]
Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | August 13, 2018 MANDALAY – A senior member of the Karen National Union ethnic armed group and four other organizers are being sued for holding the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day in Hinthada Township, Ayeyarwady [...]