Karen Information Center

October 23, 2017
Seventeen people have been arrested for drug offences and over 200,000 pills were seized in Kayin (Karen) State’s Kya-in Seikkyi Township so far this...
October 17, 2017
A effort to compile Myanmar's first dictionary for English, Myanmar, Sgaw Kayin, Western Pwo Kayin, and Eastern Pwo Kayin languages is underway, the...
October 16, 2017
After inspecting a controversial rocky quarrying site in Kayin (Karen) State, a delegation of state-level officials plans to recommend the government...
October 16, 2017
Kayin (Karen) State Chief Minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint met for the first time with local residents opposing a coal-fired power plant at a public...
October 16, 2017
Amid anniversary celebrations of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, the chair of the Karen National Union (KNU) bemoaned the lack of progress and...
October 13, 2017
In a rare favorable turn for migrant workers, two Myanmar nationals reported being paid thousands of baht in compensation after they were laid off by...
October 12, 2017
The Karen Literature and Culture Committees from various states and regions convened in Hpa-an, Kayin (Karen) State this week to discuss the future...
October 9, 2017
State and region officials are calling on all potential ethnic literature teachers to come forward and apply for daily wage teacher posts. To make...
October 2, 2017
Hoping to bring relief displaced Karen people whose camp no longer has a source of funding, the Karen diaspora across the border in Thailand staged...
October 2, 2017
A Kayin (Karen) State official is accusing some school administrators of putting up road blocks to prevent Karen language and literature classes from...
September 26, 2017
<p>Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its...
September 21, 2017
<p>Promoting female leadership in peace, politics and local administration will benefit the entire country, activists reiterated at a three-day...