Karen Information Center
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...
March 21, 2017
The 16th Congress of the Karen National Union (KNU) is underway. Karen News spoke to Karen leaders to get their opinions on the election for a new...
March 20, 2017
As the Karen National Union prepares to elect a new leadership body this week, displaced Karen families joined a local environmental group in...
March 17, 2017
A bridge naming controversy in Mon State continues as ethnic Karen leaders weighed in this week, cautioning that the decision could have far-reaching...
March 16, 2017
In downtown Mawlamyine Capital of Mon State, a crowd of 200 gathered on March 14 to stage a protest against hydropower projects in conflict zones...
March 13, 2017
A Japanese nonprofit has unveiled the largest rehabilitation program to date in Kayin State, with 1250 homes built to resettle conflict-affected...
March 12, 2017
Seeking to boost youth employment, a local research agency held a consultation in Kayin State this week to discuss the role of young workers in...
