Karen Information Center

June 8, 2020
To encourage ethnic Karen students to register their names at the start of school enrolment, the Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister of Mon State sent a...
June 5, 2020
A new report accuses the Burma military and government of using COVID-19 pandemic to continue its abuse of the country’s ethnic people. Khin Ohmar,...
June 3, 2020
The Karen National Union claims increased Burma Army operations into its controlled territories in Northern Karen State have forced civilians out of...
May 19, 2020
Karen State’s first cases of Covid-19 infections have been confirmed by Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sport bringing the country’s total number to...
March 27, 2020
Plans to turn rice fields running from the River Moei up into the Dawna Mountain Range into a giant construction site of large concrete houses,...
March 20, 2020
The Burma government has closed its Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge crossing to foreigners in an attempt to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19...
March 12, 2020
Saw Tha Boe, a Karen environmental activist who was sued and charged with defamation against the State by Hpa-An Township court says he will fight...
Photo: AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo
February 27, 2020
The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) put out a statement calling the people of Burma and international communities in the country to boycott products...
February 27, 2020
Fighting between Burma Army and Karen soldiers in northern Karen State forced hundreds of villagers from their home into jungle hideouts while the...
February 11, 2020
Starting from the end of WW-2, the entire Karen nationality called for the creation of a Karen State. However, the AFPFL government in power, under...
February 10, 2020
Respected Health Worker Loses Battle with Cancer Padoh Saw Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, a department head of the Karen National Union, passed away on February 8...
Ethnic groups rally in front of Myanmar Embassy in Washington Supporting ICJ lawsuit. (Photo-KOA)
December 12, 2019
The International Court of Justice began its hearing on December 10 in The Hague, Netherlands on its genocide lawsuit filed by Gambia against Burma...