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
September 10, 2024
Over 400 IDPs in Launglon Township, Dawei District need aid
Over 400 people displaced by a junta offensive (IDPs), from villages in Launglon Township, in Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region are in urgent need...
September 9, 2024
Junta commandeers civilian vehicles for reinforcement and logistics in...
In Tanintharyi Township, Tanintharyi Region, the junta has commandeered civilian trucks and lorries from villages where recent clashes occurred to...
September 6, 2024
Junta camp still holding out after month-long KNLA offensive
A junta artillery regiment still holds Swal Taw Hill Camp in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, despite the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and...
September 4, 2024
Thailand likely to mediate tension between two Karen armed organizations
According to a statement by the Kawthoolei Army (KTLA), Thailand is scheduled to intervene on September 3 to resolve tensions between the Karen...
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...