Karen Information Center

April 6, 2017
Hoping to inject momentum into Myanmar’s mine clearance programs, Kayin (Karen) State officials held a workshop on April 4, International Day for...
April 6, 2017
The Karen National Union (KNU) has approved a roadmap roughly outlining its future activities over the next four years.
April 3, 2017
According to the results announced by the Union Election Commission, the National League for Democracy took the largest share of the 19 seats...
March 31, 2017
After extensive discussions and over a week of debates, the Karen National Union finally has a new charter setting out its governing principles and...
Photo caption: A billboard in Thai and Myanmar languages announces the Thai government’s plan to waive travel fees for migrant workers over Thingyan.
March 29, 2017
Thailand has announced a Thingyan gift for Myanmar migrant workers. Those heading home for the April holiday can do so without paying travel fees,...
March 29, 2017
Over 800 Kayin State teachers are being trained in Karen language and culture in a three-week workshop in Hpa-An.
March 25, 2017
Hundreds of people have been swarming the passport issuing office in the Kayin State capital on a daily basis, according to a police chief.
March 24, 2017
ထုိင္း-ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္ တာ့ခ္ခ႐ုိင္၊ ထာ့ေဆာင္ယန္းၿမိဳ႕နယ္ရွိ မယ္လဒုကၡသည္စခန္းတြင္ ယမန္ေန႔ ည ၆ နာရီခန္႔က လင္မယားခ်င္း စကားမ်ားၾကရာမွ ခင္ပြန္းျဖစ္သူက...
March 24, 2017
With donor-supplied food rations set to stop soon, internally displaced families in Kayin (Karen) State say they are worried about their future, yet...
March 24, 2017
In a recent evaluation, the Karen National Union deemed signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and being taken off the government’s...
March 22, 2017
Urgent medical attention is needed at the Ee Tu Hta displaced persons camp in Kayin State amid an outbreak of diarrhea among children and the elderly...
March 21, 2017
As the Karen National Union prepares to stage elections for its leadership body, local political parties have said whoever wins must continue to...