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A dosshouse is a very cheap boarding house that rents out bunks on a daily basis to homeless and poor people seeking cheap accommodation. Many junta soldiers surrounded the dosshouse, before arresting around 20 people they accused of failing to register as overnight guests. One of the neighbours said to KIC: “The people arrested included those over 50, as well…

There were airstrikes on the villages both in the morning and the afternoon of 25 March. They came after a Karen National Union (KNU)-led coalition started attacking a junta camp in Sintoehla Village at 7:00 pm the previous evening, 24 March. On the morning of 25 March a jet fighter and a Y-12 utility aircraft bombed Sintoehla Village on the…

The coastal areas of Tanintharyi Township typically experience freshwater shortages at this time of year during the hot season. Normally, IDPs sheltering in hilly areas of the township rely primarily on natural streams and sinkholes for water. However, with the current high temperatures continuing to rise the availability of water from these sources is dwindling, making life increasingly hard for…

Lynn Zay picks up a sack of rice and stacks it on top of eight others on his small Honda motorcycle. The nine bags of rice are to be delivered to a family of three in need of a helping hand. The rice and other basic foodstuff – oil, dried fish, noodles, beans – are donations for exiled Myanmar journalists…

Thailand set up refugee camps for them on the border with Myanmar. Now there are nine refugee camps along the border in Thailand: Mae La, Umpiem Mai, Nupo, Mae Ra Ma Luang, Mae La Oon, Tham Hin, Ban Don Yang, and Karenni Refugee Camps 1 and 2. The largest of those camps, Mae La, across from Karen State, was established…

On 11 April 2024, the junta launched its Operation Aung Zeya to take back control of AH1, between Myawaddy Town on the border with Thailand and Kawkareik Town, from a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) led resistance coalition. But after suffering many casualties and captured soldiers the junta decided to abandon Operation Aung Zeya at the beginning of March 2025…

District health officer Padoh Naw El Sel Toe said to KIC: “There is currently a shortage of antimalarial drugs and medical equipment in Myeik and Dawei districts. Since USAID funding ended, the supply of antimalarial drugs has been cut off. The situation is challenging, and we are exploring alternative solutions. She explained that in Myeik and Dawei districts respiratory diseases…

The junta-run township general administration office issued summonses on 5 March for young men of conscription age in Hlaingbwe Township to come and fill out registration forms. The summonses were sent to their homes and clearly included the recipient’s name, parents’ names, National Identity Card (NIC) number, and home address. Despite the administration claiming that registration will not automatically lead…

The call was made in a statement issued by the junta-aligned Karen BGF on 1 March 2025. It claimed that Thailand’s cutting of electricity and fuel supplies has hindered efforts to rescue foreign workers from telecom scam compounds in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, whilst also causing severe humanitarian hardships that have significantly disrupted the daily lives of local communities in…

The burnings happened during ongoing fighting in Kawkareik Township. The junta started attacking the villages after Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)-led resistance forces encircled and launched an attack on junta troops stationed at the Shwe Kyet Min monastery compound near Tatanku Village on the outskirts of Kawkareik Town, also on 3 March. A resistance source said to KIC: “An estimated…