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.

BANGKOK--Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the ...

Fighters from the Karen ethnic minority last week captured the last of the Myanmar army’s outposts in and around Myawaddy, which is connected to Thailand by two bridges across the Moei River.

Combined ethnic and Bamar resistance forces launched a daring raid on the strategic base in Belin Township, killing or arresting regime troops and seizing a haul of weapons.

Gyungbuk Youngyang will implement a pilot project for the 'Karen ethnic group refugee settlement' this year. The Karen are an ethnic minority residing in southern Myanmar who demand independence.

Around 80% of the camps’ residents are from the Karen ethnic minority, whose homeland in eastern Myanmar in embroiled in combat. The Karen have been battling for greater autonomy from Myanmar ...