Karen News

U Lwin Ko Latt made the announcement on the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration “ (MOHAI) social media page, stating that applications for birth certificates for children born to Myanmar parents residing abroad, can now be processed starting from March 1. The release stated that applicants can submit their applications through the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs…

Comrade D Nay Htoo, information officer of the Dawei District 1st Battalion of the Cuckoo Column, claimed that skirmishes near the villages of Prika, Thingan Tone, Thabya-Mechaung in Dawei Township, and around Saw Phyar village in Thayetchaung Township had resulted in the death of at least 44 Military Council troops, with many others sustaining injuries. “ It is difficult to…

KPSN explained that the influx of refugees has surged because the Military Council has stepped up shelling, and escalated airstrikes in Kawthoolei. KPSN also emphasized the critical need for essential supplies such as food, shelter, medicines, and school materials, along with targeted aid for women and children. “After cross-checking the list of internally displaced people (IDPs) supported by relevant districts…

Thai media on January 17 th reported that Padoh Saw Roger Khin, a member of the KNU Central Executive Committee and the head of their Defence Department, had granted permission to Huanya International Holdings Group , to participate in a new casino project, operated by the shady overseas Chinese who have settled in the Maw Hto Talay area of Karen…

This request was made in an open letter addressed to the KNU Secretary General and sent to the Central Standing Committee and the Central Executive Committee by 68 Karen organizations on the Thai-Myanmar border and at home and abroad, dated February 23. The open letter stated that there was no action taken by the KNU leaders regarding the participation of…

The operation was launched at 6:00 a.m. on February 25,and they captured a Military Council camp and their allied Border Guard Force (BGF) in Mutraw district, a territory of the Karen National Union (KNU)’s 5th Brigade. Maung Saung Kha, the commander of the Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA), told KIC “The military camp was burnt down. The enemy has fled,…

Residents who visited Mae Sot said that the Covid-19 vaccination certificate was issued through a broker endorsed by the Military Council. “You can enter Mae Sot by showing your Covid-19 vaccination certificate at Bridge No. 1. If you don’t have it, the Myanmar Health Department will give you an injection for 15,000 kyats. If you don’t want to do that,…

The KLTA breakaway armed faction marked a rejected of the civilian authority of the KNU over their military wings -the KNDO and the KNLA and undermined the common struggle of the KNU resistance movement. There has been simmering hostility ever since, i n spite of the KLTA’s commitment to also fight the coup-regime. Some Karen people of Tanintharyi Region made…

Regarding the airstrikes, KNU 5th Brigade spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Saw Kler Doh confirmed to KIC, “They bombed once on February 14. People took cover in advance, so no-one was hurt. A buffalo died. The next day they bombed people’s houses, barns, a school, a rice mill and tractors. No-one was hurt.” At 11:30 p.m. on February 15, 7 schools, 6…

A local told KIC. “They arrested villagers who had nothing to do with the attack on the Kawt Bein police station. Civilians such as Tin Maung Win, who is a schoolteacher, Ma Wah Wah Lin and Min Thein Oo were arrested on January 16th and 17th. Now they have been sentenced to 3 years in prison under Section 505(A) and…