Karen Information Center

December 4, 2025
Fact check: False claim that Junta bombed Lay Kay Kaw because KIA...
December 1, 2025
DKBA reopens Hpalu–Wawlay Road following release of captured troops by KNLA
November 28, 2025
300 telecom scam workers stranded after Thailand’s rejection
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November 28, 2024
29 Foreigners Escape to Thailand From Scam Centres
The Thai authorities picked up 39 foreigners who escaped to Thailand from forced labour in telecom scam centres in Myawaddy Township, Karen State...
November 22, 2024
Three Family Members Murdered in Three Pagodas Pass Town
The bodies of three murdered family members from Payathonzu (a.k.a. Three Pagodas Pass) Town in Kyainseikgyi Township in Kawkareik District, Karen...
Fact-Checking
November 21, 2024
False Claims That PDF Fighters Staying In Bombed IDP Camp
A pro-junta Telegram channel justified an 18 November 2024 junta airstrike on Bangkok internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Pekon Township,...
November 14, 2024
Junta Shelling Injures Two Children in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region
A baby who was only months old and another child were injured when junta drones and artillery bombed Kyaungkone Village in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago...
November 14, 2024
Junta Using Its Soldiers’ Families as Human Shields
The junta’s Tactical Operations Command Headquarters 1 (TOCH-1), in Hpapun District, Karen State is holding 200 family members of military personnel...
November 12, 2024
KNU Seizes Base Held by Myanmar Army for 70 Years
On 9 November 2024, the Karen National Union (KNU) captured a junta military base that the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) had held for about 70 years, in an...
November 12, 2024
Junta Blocking 4,000 Displaced From Returning Home in Taungoo Township
About 4,000 people displaced by fighting from six villages in Taungoo Township, Bago Region cannot return home because junta roadblocks are...
November 11, 2024
Thai Immigration Cracks Down on Overstaying Myanmar Citizens
The Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand announced that the Thai Immigration Bureau will start imposing fines and entry bans on Myanmar migrant...
Features
November 6, 2024
CDM Participants Try to Adjust to Life in Liberated Karen State Area
Saw El Kalu Taw — The man unloading boats coming across the fast-flowing Thaungyin (Moei) River from Thailand to a liberated area of Karen State used...
November 5, 2024
KNU Kills 16 Junta Soldiers, Captures 17 in Hpapun Town
16 Junta soldiers were killed and a further 17 were taken prisoner in Hpapun Town, Karen State on 3 November 2024, as they were retreating from their...
November 4, 2024
Junta Airstrike Kills Three in Naungcho Township, Shan State
Three civilians including a mother of a newborn were killed when a junta airstrike dropped 500 pound bombs on Hsammahse Village in Naungcho Township...
November 4, 2024
IDPs Face Food Shortages in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region
Displaced people (IDPs) sheltering in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region are in need of additional food as prolonged fighting has kept them away from...