Karen Information Center

January 6, 2026
Influx of fleeing telecom scammers drives up hotel prices in Hpa-An
January 5, 2026
Locals fear fighting may erupt in Shwe Kokko
December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 23, 2025
Junta launches airstrikes on two villages in Thaton District
On December 21, the junta dropped a total of four bombs from jet fighters on two villages in Thaton District, territory of the Karen National Union...
December 19, 2025
BGF and militia transport Chinese telecom scam operators from Kyondoe to...
Chinese operators of telecom scams (locally known as Zhapian) in Kyondoe Town, Kawkareik Township, Karen State, have been moved to Mawlamyine, the...
December 18, 2025
Junta sends Dawei conscripts to military training via waterway
In Dawei, the capital of Myanmar’s southernmost Tanintharyi Region, the junta is transporting young men drafted for military service to training via...
December 16, 2025
Child killed, dozen injured in junta airstrike on Butho Township village
A 4-year-old child was killed and 12 others injured when the junta launched an airstrike on a village in Butho Township, located in the Karen...
December 15, 2025
TNUPC announces plan to establish single Dawei armed force
The Tavoyan National United Political Committee (TNUPC) announced plans to unite fragmented local resistance forces that accept its political...
December 12, 2025
Residents flee to Thailand amid fighting in Mawdaung
Heavy clashes between resistance forces and the junta near Mawdaung Town in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region have forced locals to flee across the border...
December 10, 2025
Fire erupts at telecom scam compound captured by KNU
A fire broke out on December 8 at the Shunda Park telecom scam compound near Min Let Pan Village in southern Myawaddy Township, Karen State, near the...
Fact-Checking
December 4, 2025
Fact check: False claim that Junta bombed Lay Kay Kaw because KIA...
A completely false claim began circulating on social media on November 27 around 8:00 pm, saying that the junta bombed Lay Kay Kaw Town in Myawaddy...
December 1, 2025
DKBA reopens Hpalu–Wawlay Road following release of captured troops by KNLA
After troops from Brigade 6 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), released the Democratic...
November 28, 2025
300 telecom scam workers stranded after Thailand’s rejection
A total of 300 foreign workers rescued from a major telecom scam (locally as Zhapian) hub in Min Let Pan Village, an area controlled by the junta-...
Fact-Checking
November 27, 2025
Pro-junta Telegram channels equate NLD with telecom scams
Karen Information Center/ The Red Flag/ Myanmar Fact-checking Network Pro-junta Telegram channels have accused the National League for Democracy (NLD...
November 26, 2025
KNU calls for international Cooperation after uncovering covert telecom...
The Karen National Union (KNU) has called for stronger international cooperation in investigating and gathering evidence related to around 2,000...