The Karen National Union Concerned Group | June 8, 2017 1. The signing of a Union Accord as the outcome of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference, which was convened from 24-29 May 2017, has caused very serious concern [...]
Burma Link| June 8, 2017 Naw Ku is a former high school teacher and now a student. She studies at English Immersion Program (EIP) to further develop her English skills and widen her horizons. EIP requires students to speak [...]
Burma Link| June 5, 2017 Padoh David Tharckabaw joined the resistance movement nearly seven decades ago when he was only 14 years old. Due to his young age, Padoh David joined without the knowledge of his parents and had [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | May 30, 2017 On the same day the 2nd 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is taking place in Nay Pyi Taw, a group of 2590 displaced Karen people in Mutraw district, Karen State [...]
Burma Link | May 31, 2017 Over many years, General Baw Kyaw Heh, Vice Chief-of-Staff of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), has been defending the Karen State and working towards [...]
Burma Link, Karen Student Network Group (KSNG) and Karen Youth Organisation (KYO) | May 30, 2017 This advocacy video is a short version of the full feature documentary film “Unrecognised Leaders, Tomorrow’s Hope” by Burma Link, Karen Student Network [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | May 22, 2017 The Karen National Union (KNU) has announced it will help lobby ethnic leaders to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement. Members of the KNU Central Standing Committee said on [...]
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | May 2, 2017 BAN MAE SALIT, Thailand — Community workers are busy with meetings, travel, and workshops as Burma prepares for the repatriation of some 98,000 refugees living on the Thai-Burma [...]
Karen News | April 11, 2017 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, despite losing her position as vice-chairperson in the Karen National Union’s 16th Congress recent election, urged the new leaders to work for [...]
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | April 8, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Chairman of the Karen National Union, Saw Mutu Say Poe, has been re-elected to the post at the organization’s 16th Congress today. Former general secretary Padoh [...]