Karen Information Center

December 19, 2025
BGF and militia transport Chinese telecom scam operators from Kyondoe to...
December 18, 2025
Junta sends Dawei conscripts to military training via waterway
December 16, 2025
Child killed, dozen injured in junta airstrike on Butho Township village
January 12, 2018
Karenni CSOs denounce warning made by Loikaw Township Management Committee
The Karenni Civil Forces issued a statement on January 8 denouncing the explanation given by the Loikaw Township Management Committee over the arrest...
January 11, 2018
Karen State Security and Border Affairs Minister rejects KNU’s calling for...
The Karen State Minister for Security and Border Affairs rejected the letter from the Karen National Union (KNU) calling for negotiation before re-...
January 10, 2018
KNLA denies involvement in Mae Tha Waw clashes
The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) denied the accusation of teaming up with the Border Guard Forces (BGF) in the recent attacks against the...
January 8, 2018
Drug seizures tripled in Kayin State, majority of captures made in Hpa-an...
Drug seizures in 2017, in Kayin State tripled compared to 2016 and the majority of the arrests were made in Hpa-an and Myawaddy, according to the...
January 6, 2018
Local residents block farm road to Lun-Nya Mountain
Local residents have blocked a road near Lun-Nya Village in Hpa-an Township, Karen State since January 3, due to damages caused by the vehicles from...
January 3, 2018
Overseas Karen youths observe border situation to provide assistance
Karen migrant youths living abroad including the United States, Norway and the Netherlands, and local Karen youths are cooperating in an observation...
January 3, 2018
Overseas Karen youths observe border situation to provide assistance
Karen migrant youths living abroad including the United States, Norway, the Netherlands and local Karen youths are cooperating in an observation...
January 2, 2018
KNU calls for negotiation before electing new village administrators
The Karen National Union (KNU)’s Win-Yay Township in Dooplaya District released a notification to the local authorities on December 29 to negotiate...
January 2, 2018
Over 200 locals go to 28th traditional first harvest ceremony in Win-Yaw...
More than 200 local residents took part in the celebration of the 28th Karen traditional new crop harvesting season at Dai-Lut-Ta-Mo-Wong Village...
DKBA commander-in-chief General Saw Mo Shay gave a keynote address.
December 24, 2017
Mutual trust is crucial to maintaining nationwide ceasefire, says DKBA...
Mutual trust plays a key role in the delay to signing the Nationwide Ceasefiire Agreement (NCA), said Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA)’s...
December 12, 2017
Kayin State MPs hold first public forum
Elected representatives from Kayin (Karen) State held an open discussion this weekend, the first such public interaction organized since the...
December 7, 2017
Mae Tao Clinic to persist despite funding cuts: Dr Cynthia Maung
The Mae Tao Clinic will continue to provide healthcare services along the Thai-Myanmar border despite cuts in international aid, the clinic’s founder...