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In the second week of December 2025, a junta column of around 50 troops raided a house in the village and abducted a married couple, their two sons aged 3 and 6, and a 10-year-old boy living with them—five people in total, locals reported. “We don’t even know if they’re still alive. It’s been over a month since they were…

The attack occurred on January 20 as a group of voter registration workers, guarded by junta troops, were entering a house in the village, according to locals. The explosion hit the house, killing three adult women and injuring two others, including a child, a human rights activist from Launglon Township said. “The attack seems to have been aimed at the…

Thai authorities officially announced the closure of border ferry docks in five townships bordering Myanmar, including Mae Sot, starting on December 1 last year. The closure included docks linking Minletpan Village in Myawaddy Township with Mae Ko Ken Village on the Thai side. “After the docks were first closed, Thai authorities reopened them briefly depending on the fighting on the…

“The junta does not allow press freedom at all. It often pressures media agencies to write only content that favors it. In resistance-controlled areas, press freedom has also not yet reached the level people expect. There are still problems in some places, and these issues still need to be resolved through continued dialogue. Press freedom is not only important for…

The junta has been directing its subordinates to vote for USDP candidates in the final round of election held in phases. However, those under pressure still do not know who the USDP candidates are for the voting scheduled on January 25. Commanders from battalions stationed in Kyondoe, Kawkareik, and Nabar, as well as Military Operations Command 12 (MOC 12), were…

The junta announced that it had raided covert drug laboratories in northern Shan State in the second week of January, seizing drugs and production equipment worth 1.62 trillion MMK. At a press conference on January 14 about the drug manufacturing crackdown in northern Shan State, attended by some foreign journalists, junta spokesperson Major General Zaw Min Tun accused certain ethnic…

The IDPs, displaced for an extended period by armed clashes in the southern part of Myawaddy Town, began facing shortages of rice and other basic food supplies in early January. The situation has worsened as the number of donors providing assistance has dropped significantly. According to aid workers assisting displaced communities, IDPs in southern Myawaddy Township who are currently sheltering…

Throughout 2025, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the KNU, fought 1,113 clashes of varying intensity with junta forces in Mutraw District, causing 284 deaths and 459 injuries on the junta side, including an operation-commander, according to the KNU’s annual summary report released on January 13. The junta’s casualties also included a battalion commander, a major,…

On January 12, around 3:00 p.m., junta aircraft dropped two bombs in an initial strike, followed by two more bombs about an hour later, according to an unnamed source from Karen National Union Brigade 7 who spoke to KIC. The source added that the junta launched two follow-up strikes using loitering ammunition (kamikaze drones) in addition to the airstrikes. “Junta…

General Saw Nerdah Mya announced at the Karen National Independence Day ceremony held by the KTLA on January 5 that the Kawthoolei Republic has been established as a sovereign state, operating under a democratic system, with the goal of achieving self-determination amid the collapse of Myanmar’s central government. KNU spokesman Padoh Saw Taw Nee said that the Kawthoolei Republic, declared…