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A male teacher, a female teacher, and a student were injured in the attack on the morning of September 3, but their injuries were not life-threatening, according to KNU sources and locals. Kawthoolei Basic Middle School 7082, a Karen school, was struck by a kamikaze drone carrying loitering munitions at around 9:00 am. “Witnesses said they saw three drones, but…

Fierce fighting erupted around 11:00 pm on September 1 near Yankoke Village, just north of Kawkareik Town, and continued until noon the following day. Additional clashes were reported in the mountain range near Tawnaw Waterfall along AH1. “The junta’s been shelling resistance positions with howitzers and MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) batteries,” a resistance source told KIC. Furthermore, fighting between…

On the morning of August 28, approximately 40 military vehicles arrived at the headquarters of Infantry Battalion 97 (IB 97) in Kawkareik Town, while around 10 vehicles dispatched from Hpa-An, the capital of Karen State, reached the Military Operations Command 12 (MOC 12) near the town, according to a witness. “Early this morning, a long convoy passed through Kyondoe Town…

The MPM, the peace process monitoring program of BNI—a coalition of 15 ethnic media agencies—made the prediction during an online book launch on August 26 for ‘Deciphering Myanmar’s Peace Process: A Reference Guide (2024–2025)’. The junta announced that it will hold the election in phases, with the first round of voting scheduled for December 28 in 102 townships under its…

According to a KNU official, the monastery was struck by the air raid around 10:30 am on August 24 while monks were preparing for lunch. “Around 10:30 this morning, a warplane struck the monastery in Chanmyaesu Village. Two monks were killed, and four others were injured. The injured have been taken to Kyaikto Township Hospital,” he told KIC. The airstrike…

Analysts believe the junta closed the bridge to disrupt border trade and increase control over tax revenue from Thailand-Myanmar trade. However, border traders said the move is unlikely to achieve its intended goal, noting that even with the bridge closed, around 50 piers controlled by Karen EAOs along the Thaungyin (Moei) River, the natural border between the two countries, remain…

A report by FE 5 Tanintharyi, a local research group, found that junta airstrikes more than tripled in July, rising to 25 from just 8 in June. Aid workers said the rise in IDPs in Tanintharyi Region in July was driven not only by the surge in junta airstrikes but also by ground operations, arrests and killings of civilians, and…

In early August, before fuel deliveries from Myanmar’s mainland to Myawaddy were suspended, a liter of petrol cost around 3,500 MMK. By August 18, the price had surged to approximately 10,000 MMK per liter. “Petrol at fuel shops in Myawaddy, which once cost around 3,500 MMK per litre, now sells for up to 10,000 MMK per litre. Some people travel…

Since August 5, the trucks have been parked at a depot in Mae Sot, a Thai border town, awaiting permission to enter Myanmar, a trader said. “Entry of Thai goods through Friendship Bridge 2 has been suspended after senior military and civilian officials were arrested by the junta for allowing trucks to cross the Thanlwin River Bridge in Hpa-An. The…

Trucks transporting goods from Myawaddy were repeatedly stopped and extorted by both junta checkpoints and various armed groups along the route, forcing operators to halt operations as the business became economically unviable. “These days, it costs about 10 million MMK to go from Myawaddy to Hpa-An City, whereas it used to be around 5 million MMK,” a truck driver told…