These Karen groups reside primarily in Kayin State, southern and southeastern Myanmar. The Karen account for around 6.69% of the Burmese population. [1] . Many Karen have migrated …

The Karen are a large and dispersed ethnic group of Southeast Asia. They trace their origins to the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, or Tibet. Karen settled in Burma/Myanmar’s southern Irrawaddy …

Dec 11, 2024 · Karen, variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma), speaking languages of the Sino-Tibetan family. Constituting about one-tenth of the population, they are …

The Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Kayin State, Myanmar (formerly known as Karen State, Burma). It is part of the wider internal conflict in Myanmar between the military government …

Among the Karen people there are different languages, different cultures, different religions, and different political groups. No one can claim to speak on behalf of all Karen people, or represent …

The Karen people began to inhabit what eventually became Burma about two thousand years ago. They traveled from Tibet and China and settled largely in the hills bordering the eastern …

Around 85 per cent of Karen belong either to the S’ghaw language branch, and are mostly Christian and animist living in the hills, or the Pwo section and are mostly Buddhists.

The Karen make up about 4 million (Myanmar government figure) to 7 million (Karen rights group estimate) of Burma's 55 million people. Approximately one-third of the Karen population in …

Although the Karen (Kayin) make up the second largest ethnic nationality group in Burma after the Shan, they remain a little documented people very much on the fringe of Burma’s history. Both …

Christian Karen, about 30% of all Karen, are a religious minority in largely Buddhist Myanmar and Thailand. Karen moved across the Salween and Moei rivers into Thailand in the 18th Century. …