Karen Information Center

May 6, 2015
A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices...
May 6, 2015
The Australian Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation’s (SMEC) cancelled its plans to hold a public meeting to discuss the Mong Ton mega-dam on the...
April 29, 2015
The Karen National Liberation Army 2nd Brigade based in the Taungoo District confirmed to Karen News that a small firefight between its solders and...
A gold mining site in Dawei area
April 29, 2015
Villagers from Ka Htaung Li village who protested against a gold mining operation that polluted their water sources alleged that they were harassed...
April 27, 2015
To commemorate the first anniversary of the death of U Win Tin, 21 pro-democracy organizations called for Burma’s Prisoners of Conscience Affairs...
April 25, 2015
The Karen National Union held a Central Standing Committee emergency meeting to discuss the draft Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the ethnic...
March 11, 2015
Traditionally the Karen people believe nature has its own spirits. The Karen people place great importance on these spirits and depend on them for...
March 11, 2015
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has issued a report documenting a series of shootings, murders, tortures that they said happened in Shan...
March 10, 2015
Karen women commemorated International Women’s Day by paying tribute to the many women who fought for justice and equality.
March 10, 2015
The Karen National Union, currently holding peace talks with the government, issued a statement supporting protesters opposed to the new National...
A Burma Army Camp in Papun District, Karen State
March 10, 2015
A Karen Human Right Groups report released on 2 March accuses the Burma Army of targeting villagers with artillery shells in Northern Karen State...
March 10, 2015
A Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) spokesperson in an interview with Karen News said that thousands of civilians displaced by the Burma Army have...