Karen National Union (KNU) Policy and Regulations for
Conducting Tasks Relating to Information
Chapter 12 Procedures that external news agencies must follow
(A) Requesting permission to collect information
(1) External media agencies which are coming inside the administrative areas of Karen National Union (KNU) must request the permission from the headquarters in advance.
(2) In requesting permission, the name of news agency, the ID of the journalist, the intended place of collecting information, the content of the news must be attached.
(B) The regulations that external media agencies must adhere
(1) When the news agencies undertake information inquiries, textual reporting, video recording that are relating to Karen National Union (KNU), they must base their reporting on the reliable information and the response of spokespersons.
(2) The news agencies must not report the information, photographs, and videos that are related to Karen National Union (KNU), in the misleading news and the news which are out of proposed content.
(3) The news agencies that are permitted by the headquarters of Karen National Union (KNU) must proceed in accordance with the permission for content, place, and duration.
(4) The news agencies are not allowed to record video in the places limited by every level (village, township, district, and central) of the Karen National Union (KNU) due to security concerns, video recording prohibited areas, and the content out of the permission.
(5) The news agencies must avoid activities that could impact the security, dignity and image of the Karen National Union (KNU).
(6) The news agencies are responsible to show the recorded videos and photographs to the person-in charge if it is in necessary condition.
(7) If the news agencies want to use the released information, photographs, and videos that KNU has shared in public, they must ask permission from the Karen National Union (KNU). They must credit KNU.
(C) Taking action on the external news agencies
(1) To apologize and describe the correction for the false news.
(2) If any news agencies break the regulations listed above, KNU will take actions such as adding the responsible journalists and the news agencies in blacklist and reporting to the news media council.
(D) Permission Request Form
The information to fill in permission request form for collecting information in the permitted areas
- News Content - ……………………………………………………………….
- Name, Journalist’s ID - ……………………………………………………………….
- Phone Number, Email -………………………………………………………………..
- Name of News Agency -………………………………………………………………..
- Address of News Agency -…………………………………………………………………
- Proposed areas for collecting information- ……………..………………......……………………..
- Duration - From…………………………….. To ….....…………………………….