By Sa Isue / Karen News | May 6, 2018 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized voluntary repatriation for 161 refugees that will begin on May 7th from five refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border. [...]
Situation Report on Military Activity in KNLA Territory | April 26, 2018 According to reports from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) 7th Brigade, the Myanmar Tatmadaw (MT or the Myanmar Army) Military Operation Command 223 ordered LIBs 204, [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 24, 2018 Ethnic Karen need to adapt to new threats from the Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw), according to the deputy chief of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), who accused the [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, has denied wrongdoing in the killing of a man in Ler Mu Plaw area, Papun district, Karen State, claiming he was [...]
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | April 11, 2018 Some schools in the Kayin (Karen) refugee camps are facing difficulties to continue teaching in upcoming years due to lack of funding, according [...]
Karen Enviroment and Social Action Network (KESAN) | April 9, 2018 Indigenous Karen people of Mutraw and staff of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) are mourning the loss of one of their most committed land protectors, [...]
By Mutraw Emergency Assistance Team | April 9, 2018 In Mutraw (Hpapun) District, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)'s 5th Brigade, Ler Mu Plaw area, the Burmese Army has been launching its military offensive since early March 2018. This [...]
Karen Women Seminar | March 29, 2018 In order to strengthen the Karen women, movement across Karen communities, the Karen Women's Organization organized the third Karen Women's Seminar in Lay Wah (Law Khee Lar), Karen State, on 28-29 March [...]
Karen Human Rights Group | April 4, 2018 On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. On this [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | April 3, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Karen National Union (KNU) said it will keep trying to negotiate with the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, to end a recent standoff after the [...]