One of the world’s longest civil conflicts may finally be over. On Jan. 12, a “peace delegation” from the quasi-civilian government of Burma signed a cease-fire agreement with ethnic Karen rebels who ...

Ethnic Karen people wearing traditional attire take a selfie with a mobile phone during celebration of their traditional New ...

WATERLOO — The Karen are a long way from their homeland in Burma. But members of the ethnic group gathered Sunday at the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center for a celebration of their new year — ...

He's 25 now, but Akron resident Hsa Myint Win remembers well his days in the Mae La refugee camp, one of nine in Thailand. Tens of thousands of Karen who have fled persecution in Myanmar are living in ...

Karen people do not ask, "How are you?" Helena Asherin, a Karen refugee from Burma, said this is because they aren't doing well very often. But hopefully that is changing. More than 60 percent of ...