Karen News HomePage - Karen News
Karen State’s Unreliable Power Supply Forces Firewood, Charcoal, and Candle Prices to Skyrocket – Garment Factories Owners Expect Huge Losses and Cancelled Orders
About us - Karen News
About Karen News KAREN NEWS is reported and written by Karen journalists to provide information on issues that shape Karen communities in Burma and around the world. Karen News is an independent news source for Karen people, regardless of who holds power. KAREN NEWS provides a window to Burma and the international community on what …
KNLA Coalition Takes Junta Artillery Base in Lay Kay Kaw, Karen State
Oct 21, 2024 · Articles KNLA Coalition Takes Junta Artillery Base in Lay Kay Kaw, Karen State A Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)-led coalition successfully captured the junta's Swe Taw Kone hilltop artillery base, near Lay Kay Kaw Town, south of Myawaddy Town in Karen State, on 17 October 2024.
About Us - Karen News
Jan 29, 2013 · KAREN NEWS is reported and written by Karen journalists to provide information on issues that shape Karen communities in Burma and around the world. KAREN NEWS provides a window to Burma and the international community on what is happening in Karen state. Our journalists live and work in Karen communities, know the issues that affect …
Karen Armed Groups Meet to Discuss Reopening Asia Highway
Sep 28, 2024 · Articles Karen Armed Groups Meet to Discuss Reopening Asia Highway Karen armed organisations held an informal meeting at an undisclosed location in Kawthoolei Region, on 24 September 2024, to discuss access to the section of the Asia Highway connecting Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, according to a high-ranking officer who participated in the discussion.
CDM Participants Try to Adjust to Life in Liberated Karen State Area
Nov 6, 2024 · Articles CDM Participants Try to Adjust to Life in Liberated Karen State Area Saw El Kalu Taw — The man unloading boats coming across the fast-flowing Thaungyin (Moei) River from Thailand to a liberated area of Karen State used to be a teacher before he joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) shortly after the February 2021 coup.
KNDO Chief Urges Karen People to Support Establishment of …
Jul 18, 2024 · Articles KNDO Chief Urges Karen People to Support Establishment of Karen State Brigadier General Saw Shee Lay, Commander-in-Chief of the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO), the older of two main military branches of the Karen National Union (KNU), has called upon all Karen people, both within Myanmar and abroad, to join efforts in establishing the Karen State, a longstanding aspiration ...
Karen News, Author at Karen News
The IDPs are currently staying in the Ashaetaw area which is the eastern part of Dawei Township near the border with Thailand. Their poor accommodation conditions are aggravating the symptoms of flu which has made their need for medication more acute, according to a field official from the Dawna Tanintharyi IDP Assistance Group.
Thailand likely to mediate tension between two Karen armed ...
Sep 5, 2024 · Articles Thailand likely to mediate tension between two Karen armed organizations According to a statement by the Kawthoolei Army (KTLA), Thailand is scheduled to intervene on September 3 to resolve tensions between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the KTLA in the Myeik-Dawei District, where the Karen National Union's (KNU) 4th Brigade operates.
Over 40 children killed or injured in Karen ethnic areas in post …
Apr 21, 2023 · According to Saw Nand Hsue, spokesperson for KHRG, the Military Council’s airstrikes and shelling in territories controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) have resulted in the deaths of 25 children below the age of 18, with an additional 19 children sustaining injuries. “We have not received any updated information on the areas of KNU’s …