Karen News

Around 50 junta soldiers, who had withdrawn from their original base at Tamiletaung camp, took position in Taungyarkan’s monastery. On September 26, they came under attack by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 4’s special forces, triggering intense clashes. As a result, villagers fled to safer areas and have not yet been able to return home. “The displaced people…

Since September 26, junta troops and Bo Myat Khaing’s BGF Battalion 1016 have been operating in three columns across southern villages of Kawkareik Township. On September 27, artillery shelling by the junta and BGF wounded a local couple in Anhpagyi Village. “Fighting erupted on September 27 when junta forces tried to enter Kamaingkone Village, and the situation escalated later that…

The column’s advance was halted by resistance forces near Theinkhun Village in Tanintharyi Township, stopping it from reaching Mawdaung, the easternmost border town in the region. According to resistance sources, the junta column is led by Tanintharyi Region’s Bokepyin-based Military Operations Command 13 (MOC-13) and consists of four infantry and light infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, and three drone units.…

The column was intercepted by the KNLA near Hteemeiwahkhee and Pahikalaw villages close to Lay Kay Kaw, where it suffered heavy casualties, according to resistance frontline sources. The junta column, consisting of hundreds of troops, advanced under the cover of artillery shelling and drone bombardments, but since September 22 its progress has stalled and it has been unable to move…

A Thanpuyar villager reported that a junta column marching along the Monywa-Chaungnakwa-Kyainseikgyi Road reached Thanpuyar Village on September 16 and arbitrarily arrested local fishermen. “Five villagers, including U Min Soe, were arrested by soldiers for no reason while they were fishing in Thanpuyar Stream. They were just local fishermen,” said the villager, who is currently evacuating the village due to…

Nearly 600 Myanmar migrant workers were detained for illegally crossing into Kanchanaburi Province between September 1 and 16, according to border-focused news reports. On the morning of September 16, authorities searched three vehicles in Kanchanaburi’s Thong Pha Phum District and arrested 31 Myanmar men, 21 women and a 2-year-old child, 53 in total, Thai news agency Khaosod reported. Furthermore, Thai…

The junta is trying to control the entire AH1, a key trade route with Thailand, and initially launched operations in the Kyonbine, Inngyi, Hlaingsein, and Kaunghmu villages north of the Kyondoe-Kawkareik road section. Later, military operations expanded to include Yaepu, Nwarchankone, Mikalon, Weikzarkone, Hlaingkwe, Taungkyarinn, and Myaukkyarinn villages south of the road section. “Lately, junta trucks loaded with reinforcements from…

Since September 8, junta troops have been deployed in key areas of the town. Beginning the following day, in collaboration with their allied Pyusawhti militia, they have been conducting night raids, primarily targeting squatter areas, and abducting young and middle-aged men. “The abductions started on the night of September 9. Soldiers, Pyusawhti members, ward administrators, and 100-house-group elders were involved…

As of that morning, the junta had not reopened the Kyondoe–Kawkareik Road and was shelling villages along the route with artillery to support its ground troops in securing the highway. “Fighting is still going on. The villages of Inngyi, Kyonbine, Hlaingsein, Michaunginn, and Byatkha Thilakone are being shelled by the junta’s Kyondoe-based light infantry battalions 454 and 546, along with…

The likelihood of junta forces advancing on Lay Kay Kaw is increasing, while the heightened risk of airstrikes has forced residents to evacuate. Currently, the Palawtapo IDP camp, situated on the banks of the Thaungyin (Moei) River south of Myawaddy Town, is sheltering more than 140 families who fled Lay Kay Kaw and nearby Hteemeiwahkhee Village. “Right now, what we…