Karen Information Center

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.
January 4, 2016
As the world celebrates Christmas, villagers in northern Burma have fled their their homes in fear Burma Army attacks.
December 17, 2015
A humanitarian aid organisation said that Burma Army offensives during October and November have displaced more than 10,000 civilians,.
December 15, 2015
Six men have been charged over printing a 2016 calendar which used the term Rohingya, leading to condemnation from a prominent human rights...