Their love for soccer brought them all together, and now, the team boasts quite a few Karen. MILWAUKEE - At Riverside ...

Several ethnic rebel groups including the Karen have loose alliances with pro-democracy militias formed after the military takeover, and also offer refuge to the government’s opponents.

Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Burma’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give ...

They are ethnic Karen, fleeing only with what they can carry from attacks by the Myanmar military. ... These conflicts between the state and ethnic groups go back 75 years.

Indeed, the Karen and other ethnic groups are still suffering under the Tatmadaw’s heavy hand. Last December, Burmese officials barred a Karen group from erecting a statue of an ethnic leader in ...

Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. April 25, 2024 at 11:15 JST ...

Guerrillas from the Karen ethnic minority in Myanmar claim to have captured the last of the army’s outposts in Myawaddy township in the east of the country, virtually clearing the way for them ...

The Karen ethnic group is the country's third largest. Their new year date is decided based on the lunar calendar and the end of the rice harvest, rather than with reference to the Roman system.

The day the fighting neared their village, the residents of Pu Lu Palaw made for the river. Thai soldiers helped them cross.

The Karen National Union, the ethnic group’s leading political body, said in a statement posted on Facebook that its armed wing, acting together with the affiliated Karen National Defense ...

The Karen are the third biggest ethnic group in Myanmar, making up about 7% of its 58 million population. Like other minority groups living in border regions, ...

The Karen National Union, the ethnic group’s leading political body, said in a statement posted on Facebook that its armed wing, acting together with the affiliated Karen National Defense ...