Karen Information Center
March 9, 2017
As millions of women around the globe took to the streets or rallies to commemorate the 106th International Women’s Day, the Karen Women Organization...
March 6, 2017
The largest refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border experienced a rash of suicide cases last year, mainly among the youth population, according to a...
March 6, 2017
The Karen National Union is gearing up for its 16th congress next week, with international representatives from 12 countries expected to attend the...
February 28, 2017
Local villagers living near the Taungalay Mountain quarry plants to stop the quarry as they claimed it has harmed their villages and environment.
February 27, 2017
Trucks delivering food assistance to the displaced people at the temporary camps in Myaing Gyi Ngu are now a rare sight. Camp warehouses are almost...
February 27, 2017
Kayin State villagers are lobbying local authorities not to renew the license of a stone quarry they claim has had deleterious affects on the local...
February 27, 2017
The Karen Refugee Committee held a youth forum this week, brining together dozens of participants from seven refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar...
February 24, 2017
With the government’s gender quota in peace process events continuing to fall far short, the Karen Women Organization has announced plans to help...
February 24, 2017
Thailand will start issuing an identification document known as a Certificate of Identity to Myanmar migrant workers on March 3. The CI documents are...
February 22, 2017
The Tatmadaw has agreed to call off a road development project in Bago Region after local residents and the Karen National Union (KNU) voiced...
February 22, 2017
It’s not quite gender parity, but it’s progress. Women are expected to make up nearly one-third of the southern region participants at the upcoming...
February 15, 2017
Sa Thu Hlaing Win, a Western Pwo Karen literacy advocate from the Irrawaddy delta region is the winner of the 2016 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award...
