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The KNU Concerned Group says the Union Accord fails to include all ethnic armed organisations and does not take into account the opinions of ethnic political parties.
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The clashes between the two major ethnic armed groups are the first since they decided to stop fighting in 1988.
The remaining ethnic armed groups who are signatories to tomorrow’s ceasefire accord are removed from list of ‘unlawful associations and terrorist groups’.
A Buddhist monk is among six men to have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the killing of a Buddhist abbot in Karen State last year.
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Terrified locals in Taungoo must have thought it was WWII all over again when the Burmese army carried out testing of air-to-ground missiles.
Karen Lead Story News Peace Process
KNU Chairman Mutu Say Poe pledges support for the peace process, while calling for all sides to desist from hostilities.
KNU and DKBA members wrapped up a meeting on Thursday by releasing a joint statement announcing support for the formation of the Kawthoolei Armed Forces (KAF).
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KNU and DKBA leaders hold a meeting to discuss a reunification plan for Karen armed groups.
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Karen villagers are again in limbo on the Thai-Burmese border, having fled conflict in eastern Burma.
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The body of a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has been found, handcuffed and badly mutilated, in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy
A member of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) was killed in what is believed to have been an alcohol-related shootout with government security forces in the border town of Myawaddy early Friday morning.
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An ethnic Karen rebel group has responded in kind to an order by the Burmese Army not to wear uniforms or carry firearms in certain government-controlled territory.
The ninth session of the Karen State parliament drew to a close on Thursday with the passage of two new laws, according to Karen State Transport Minister Saw Khin Maung Myint.
A leader of Burma’s main ethnic bloc, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), said its members are hopeful that the Karen National Union (KNU) will rejoin the group after their sudden withdrawal earlier this week.
Armed members of the Karen Peace Council (KPC) confronted police in Karen State capital Hpa-an on Wednesday following the arrest of a high-ranking officer.
Karen communities across Burma gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the 64th Karen Martyrs’ Day.
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Leaders from six Karen armed groups have formed a task force in order to combat drug production and use in the east Burmese state.
Ethnic issues Karen Lead Story News
The funeral of Gen. Saw Tamla Baw, a highly respected Karen leader, was held on Monday and attended by more than 1,000 people.
Karen Lead Story News Obituary
Gen. Saw Tamla Baw, a highly respected Karen leader and elder statesman of the independence movement, has passed away at the age of 94 in his home in northern Thailand’s Mae Sariang.
While the Burmese government has agreed to end the recruitment of child soldiers, effective safeguards to prevent future recruitment have not been implemented
Three shells land in Kawkareit town as human rights groups warns that military operations are creating a severe food shortage in Karen state
Before he was assassinated, my father Padoh Mahn Sha had long advocated for disparate Karen armies to join to fight the Burmese junta
Civilian casualities were ‘unavoidable’ in Tuesday’s attack in Karenni state aimed at halting progress on a controversial dam
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Still reeling from a ‘difficult 2009’, Karen National Liberation Army eye a change in fortune for election year
Apr 30, 2009 (DVB), Burma's principal armed opposition group has lost sections of a strategically important outpost near the Thai border after nearly a month of fighting between the group[…]
Apr 28, 2009 (DVB), Two Thai border patrol troops were injured yesterday as a clash broke out between them and a pro-Burmese government group, while a mortar fired by the[…]
Apr 22, 2009 (DVB), Civilians living in close proximity to the ongoing battle between Karen rebels and government troops are running low on food, says a senior official in the[…]
Apr 10, 2009 (DVB), Leaders of Burma's principal armed opposition group met with the Thai foreign minister on Monday to discuss human rights abuses and the possibility of reconciliation with[…]
Apr 9, 2009 (DVB), A border offensive this week against Burma's main armed opposition group is an attempt to clear the area of rebels prior to the construction of a[…]
Oct 20, 2008 (DVB), The Karen National Union has completed its 14th congress, which was held on KNU-controlled territory from 6 October and attended by top leaders of the KNU[…]
