The dance group from the Overseas Karen Refugee’s Social Organization (OKRSO) based in Bangkok, are honoured to be included in a ceremony that pays respect to His Majesty, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. The Overseas Karen Refugee’s Social Organization literature and culture committee chairman, Saw Satepalong said its dance troupe performed the Karen traditional Done dance at Central World Hall…
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The newly elected Burmese civilian government is desperate to appear to the outside world as a fledgling democracy intent on building a civil society. But ‘good-feel’ statements made by elected government ministers at a Karen training course did little to convince, as the Burma army continues its strategy of militarization in Eastern Burma by displacing Karen hundreds of villagers in…
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