Hlaingbwe Town consists of four wards and had a recorded population of 19,755 in March 2023. For previous rounds of ...

The junta launched Operation Aung Zay Ya on 9 April 2024. Its aim was to retake full control of the Asia Highway between the ...

The IDPs are currently staying in the Ashaetaw area which is the eastern part of Dawei Township near the border with Thailand. Their poor accommodation conditions are aggravating the symptoms of flu ...

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 ...

Paung Village is in Hpa-An District, an area mainly controlled by Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7. Significant amounts of rock dust have polluted nearby lakes and wells used for drinking water.

There has been tension between the DKBA and the NMSP on the Payathonzu to Palai Japan Road since late November. But, in the first week of December, leaders from both sides met and agreed to stop ...

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.

The junta used two aircraft, a Y-12 utility plane and a jet fighter to drop around 40 bombs in the area of Hsenghkun Village, at about 3:00 am on 3 December 2024. The aircraft carried out eight ...

Since 2021, clashes have occurred occasionally in Thaton Township between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the KNU, and the junta. The junta has been indiscriminately ...

The 39 foreigners were picked up by Thai soldiers on 25 November after escaping from scam gangs operating in Kyauk Khet and Mehtawthalay villages in Myawaddy Township. They were picked up at around ...