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Junta troops targeted the returning residents in late May. Five to ten of them have been arrested and at least one, Saw Myo Htwe Aung, has been murdered by the junta whilst in custody, according to residents of Kyondoe Town. On 28 May 2025, Saw Myo Htwe Aung, also known as Ko Pyoo, a young resident of Kyondoe Town, was…

The junta aircraft dropped two bombs, one onto a football field next to the Kwileisu Village School student dormitory and one on the village monastery compound. Later that evening, a village resident said to KIC: “The aircraft made two bombing runs and dropped two bombs. One of them was a cluster type with many small explosives inside, though I can’t…

At around 9:00 am on 25 May, a junta aircraft dropped the bomb on a house where the wedding ceremony was taking place in the Karen National Union (KNU) administered Kyungyi Village. The dead included the bride and two children aged four and six. Some of the 20 people injured in the attack are in a serious condition. A resident…

They have fled from 36 other villages across five village tracts in Kyaikto Township since 14 May 2025, when hundreds of junta troops in the area launched an offensive supported by heavy artillery. According to the Karen National Union (KNU) Thaton District Administration, currently there are 17,602 IDPs sheltering in Kyaikto Township who have fled from other more dangerous areas…

The junta ordered the schools to re-open despite almost daily artillery fire, airstrikes, and drone attacks in Kyondoe Township, which is a contested area under the mixed control of a resistance coalition and the junta, which still controls most of Kyondoe Town, the township administrative centre. This means that some schools in the township are administered by the resistance coalition,…

At the conference, held under the theme ‘Survival of Independent Media in Times of Crisis,’ participants reviewed and proposed amendments to recommendations for drafting media laws based on grassroots federalism that have been proposed by BNI, according to a 10 May BNI statement. Nan Paw Gay, A BNI board member said: “Just like we have state and regional-level governments, we…

In recent days, the junta has carried out surprise abductions of young people around Dagon-Ayar Highway Bus Station in Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon Region, primarily targeting those traveling from the Ayeyarwady Region to Yangon, according to a witness. “Just yesterday, we saw junta soldiers arresting young people coming into Yangon from the Ayeyarwady Region. Some were extorted by the soldiers, and…

Normally, schools in Myanmar, including in Kawkareik District’s Kyondoe Township, should re-open in June for the start of the new academic year, after shutting for the long holidays at the beginning of March, the end of last academic year. But, in Kyondoe Township, an area mainly controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), fighting between the junta and a resistance…

An aid worker helping people in Thayetchaung Township said: “With tensions rising in Thayetchaung Township, it looks like the junta is aiming to block supply lines to resistance forces.” Soldiers at the checkpoints have been targeting food deliveries to shops restaurants and other places. Travellers are allowed to take enough food for them and their families, but if they have…

Fortunately no one was killed or injured in the airstrike as the hospital was empty, because the hospital had closed due to previous junta attacks. A resident of Hpalaungtaung Village said to KIC: “The bombing occurred around 11:20 pm. I also heard what seemed like a series of gunshots after the explosion. The bomb hit the hospital, which is located…