Karen Information Center

October 31, 2024
EU Sanctions Three Karen BGF Leaders
October 30, 2024
Junta Demands Two Conscripts From Hpa-an Town’s Ward 3
October 29, 2024
Junta Displaces Over 3,000 in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region
September 2, 2024
Junta threatens to seize cargo trucks paying taxes to resistance forces in...
Resistance forces maintain control over the key highway traversing the Dawna Mountain Range, which links the towns of Hpa-An, Kawkareik, and Myawaddy...
August 30, 2024
Junta dam breach displaces 5,000 in Taungoo Township, Bago Region
The junta has deliberately damaged dams on tributaries of the Sittaung River causing flooding since 27 August 2024 that has displaced 5,000 people in...
August 29, 2024
Dawei Watch condemns its journalists’ long prison sentence
On 27 August 2024, Dawei Watch media condemned the long prison sentences handed down by the junta to two of its journalists, Ko Myo Myint Oo and Ko...
August 28, 2024
BGF intensifies troop deployments in and around Kyondoe Town, and bridges...
The Border Guard Force (BGF) is deploying additional troops inside Kyondoe Town in Kawkareik Township, Karen State, as well as in surrounding...
August 26, 2024
Junta-aligned Karen armed groups manning junta checkpoints
Junta-aligned Karen armed groups have been increasingly collaborating with junta forces to man security checkpoints and guard the gates to Karen...
August 24, 2024
Junta offensive causes villagers to flee to Myawaddy Town
Villagers from Thingannyinaung Village Tract, in Myawaddy Township, Karen State are fleeing to Myawaddy Town to avoid fighting, as the junta launches...
August 23, 2024
Launglon Township residents flee junta warship shelling
A junta warship patrolling the waters off Launglon Township in Tanintharyi Region has been shelling nearby villages, causing locals to flee. Since 15...
August 19, 2024
Three Pagodas Pass Border Gate reopened after two-month closure
The Three Pagodas Pass border gate to Thailand at Payathonzu Town in Kyainseikgyi Township, Karen State was reopened, to pedestrian traffic only, on...
August 19, 2024
EAOs and NUG have meeting with U.S. Department of State Counselor
The Karen National Union (KNU), the National Unity Government (NUG), and other ethnic allied organisations (EAOs) held an online meeting with Mr. Tom...
August 14, 2024
200 trapped in Bago Region village by junta shoot to kill orders
Fighting and shoot to kill orders by the junta have trapped about 200 villagers in Kinmunchon Village in Tantabin Township, Bago Region (East), since...
August 13, 2024
New refugees flee Thai camps because they fear authorities’ questioning
In Thai refugee camps on the border with Myanmar newly arrived refugees have been returning to Myanmar because they fear being questioned by the Thai...
August 9, 2024
Junta conscription drive in Kyaikto Township, Mon State
Junta soldiers and police have joined forces to search for people who have been drafted for conscription into the army in downtown areas of Kyaikto...