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September 6, 2017
An internally displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State is making a last-ditch appeal for international donors to continue providing aid. All...
September 4, 2017
<p>A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is under a partial quarantine following an H1N1 patient’s death on August 31. Aid...
September 4, 2017
The Kayin (Karen) State government is planning to hold a multiethnic cultural festival next year. On September 2, government officials held a...
September 4, 2017
<p>Two years after the 2014 census was conducted, government officials are just getting around to explaining the point of all those questions...
September 1, 2017
Supporting the nuts and bolts of implementing the peace process, a local-level committee was formed with an office in Hpapun township, Kayin (Karen...
September 1, 2017
Thailand has asked Myanmar to upgrade a high traffic border checkpoint in Kayin (Karen) State that was closed in July due to flooding. They also...
August 31, 2017
<p>The Karen Unity and Peace Committee (KUPC) convened a summit of Kayin (Karen) State political parties on August 29 to discuss the formation...
August 30, 2017
Keeping Karen traditions alive overseas, a Bangkok-based organization held a wrist-tying ceremony on August 27 that was attended by nearly 3,000...
August 28, 2017
<p>After three H1N1 flu cases were confirmed at a refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border last week, the area has been under quarantine with...
August 25, 2017
A drug rehabilitation group has launched an educational campaign to promote awareness about their services, and convince youth to kick the habit, or...
August 25, 2017
Illegal sand dredging has continued unabated on an island in Hpa-an township, despite locals’ complaints that the activity is causing massive erosion.
August 23, 2017
<p>Several villages in Kayin (Karen) State may soon be hooked up to the electrical grid once a new sub-station comes online, according to an...
