Karen News

There are high levels of crime in the border town, which is home to a diverse population from various ethnic groups. For instance, a married couple who sold cars went missing and in recent days at least two delivery drivers have gone missing and not been heard from, according to locals. A resident of Myawaddy …

From 5 to 9 August, fierce fighting between the junta and resistance forces along with heavy artillery fire in the Zayatgyi area of Tantabin Township, where Kinmunchon Village is located, caused over 2,000 residents to flee to safer areas. The villages they fled from included: Kinmunchon, Doetan, PuKanKwe, NatYwar, HnitTantKu, and ThuHtayKone. During the fighting …

Since 15 August 2024, the warship has been patrolling off the coast from the junta’s Theapon Taung military base and further west off the coast of Thabawtseik Village. It has been firing into the villages of Thabawtseik, Pyingyi, and Kayingyi almost daily, according to a Launglon Township resident. He said to KIC: “The warship fire …

The junta-appointed Central Census Commission has drawn up a list of the teachers it wants to help with administering the census and sent their names to their respective schools, according to school staff in Hpa-An. “Every school in Hpa-An got a list with two teachers assigned to work on the census, and two teachers from …

Bo Bi’s militia was previously under the military-aligned Democratic Karen Buddhist Army – Brigade 5 but it split away from them in 2016. Initially they sought refuge in the Khyin Phawdawmu Monastery and as a result also became known as the Phawdawmu Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Phawdawmu DKBA). A local said to the Karen Information …

The EU said it was sanctioning the BGF leaders and CLM for their involvement in and financial gains from the activities of scam compounds in Myawaddy Township along Thailand-Myanmar border, particularly in Shwe Kokko, a hub for transnational crime—including online fraud, drug and human trafficking—and widespread human rights violations, such as forced labor and torture. …

Kyaungkone Village is in Nyaunglebin District which the Karen National Union (KNU) refers to as Kler Lwee Htoo District. The area has traditionally been mainly under the control of KNU Brigade 3. There was no ongoing fighting near Kyaungkone when the junta launched artillery and drone attacks on the village at 10:00 am on 13 …

Kawkareik District roughly corresponds to the Karen National Union (KNU) district of Dooplaya which is mainly controlled by KNU Brigade 6. The victims were identified as: U Rakhine, aged 69, who was retired but used to work at the electricity department; his daughter, Daw Theint Theint Thu, aged 36, a former government employee; and her …

The revelation comes from a report, ‘Children and Families in Tragedy: Massacres in Kawthoolei’ published by the KNU Human Rights Committee (KHRC) on 10 December 2024, International Human Rights Day. It was released to raise public awareness of the junta’s war crimes in Kawthoolei Region and to encourage greater public participation in the pursuit of …

The men are being rounded up by junta soldiers, junta-appointed ward administrators and 100-house-group elders, according to a local witness. He said: “The administrator of Ward No. 9 in Hpa-An is currently leading the forced recruitment of young people for conscription. He is notorious for his cruel actions, having previously overseen conscription, the arrest of …