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Mi Kayin villagers hold a prayer service at the base of Mi Kayin Mountain on March 29 2016 (Photo-KESAN)
April 4, 2016
Villagers in Karen state gathered on March 29th at the base of Mi Kayin Mountain for a public prayer service after a proposal to develop a limestone...
New Karen State Chief Minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint (Second from right)
April 1, 2016
All 23 Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) members of parliament (MPs) unanimously approved the appointment of Nan Kin Htwe Myint, as Karen State Chief...
March 30, 2016
Ethnic and community based health organizations issued a call for Burma’s new government to recognize community based health services that are being...
Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor U Zaw Ye Htet
March 29, 2016
U Zaw Ye Htet, the Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor, was released on bail on 21 March following 14 days in prison charged with defaming the police...
March 22, 2016
Residents of the Pein Hne Taw village group in Mon State said they oppose plans for mineral testing and a cement factory in the foothills of the...
General Saw Ler Pwe
March 16, 2016
The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) leader Major General Saw Ler Pwe, also known as Na Kham Mwe, died aged 55 from cancer on 13 March said...
March 4, 2016
Over two-thirds of the Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) civilian members of parliament (MPs) have not been paid for working last month Nan Khin Htwe...
Yangon Region KLCC Meeting
March 2, 2016
Karen Literature and Culture Committees (KLCC) officials in Yangon region townships said that they are facing difficulties teaching Karen literature...
The Karen State Hluttaw
February 6, 2016
The office of Speaker in the new Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) will go to a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of Parliament (MP) after...
February 4, 2016
Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7 will start running the first KNU highway express bus route when its bus company, Doe Meik Swe, starts operating...
February 3, 2016
The media was forbidden from covering any parliamentary sessions of the first Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) during its five-year term from 2010 to...
January 4, 2016
A teenage boy, 17 from Mae La camp committed suicide on December 22 at his house in Zone A-2, it was the second suicide case in a month.