Thailand is home to countless exotic delicacies but have you ever heard of eating ant eggs! The Karen tribe of Northern Thailand enjoys eating red ant eggs when in season, prepared steamed in bamboo ...

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 ...

UB's Asia Research Institute (ARI), in partnership with the School of Social Work’s Immigrant and Refugee Research Institute (IRRI), is hosting “Identity and Belonging: Karen Refugees in Southeast ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota refugee community is celebrating its new year by coming together in a big way, enjoying a two-day celebration of the Karen New Year. Originally from Burma, more than ...

Three years ago, the leadership of First Baptist Church in Moline began to confront the issues facing their congregation’s declining numbers. Willie Newenham, a member of the diaconate board, said, ...