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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The comments were made by Daw Tin Tin Nyo, the Managing Director of BNI-MPM, during the 28 February 2025 online launch to the media of a special report by BNI-MPM titled ‘The Feasibility of Holding a New Election and the Trajectory of the Revolution’. The report points out that every six months since the coup the junta has repeatedly extended…
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During the last week of February, soldiers stationed at a junta camp near Kalay Pho Kalo Village clashed with the KNU’s armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)-led resistance coalition. In response, the junta launched airstrikes on the area—two on February 25 and another on February 27. Villagers from Kalay Pho Kalo evacuated when the clashes erupted, while residents…
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A 65-year-old female political prisoner who was serving a 22-year sentence, Daw San Yi, died on 10 February and Ko Aung Tun, a 28-year-old male political prisoner serving a three-year sentence, died on 18 February according to PPNM. Daw San Yee was arrested on 22 April 2021 by Chanmyathazi Township police who accused her of sheltering three youths allegedly involved…
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Currently most of the international attention is on the Karen State scam centres run by the junta-aligned Karen ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). The Thai and Chinese governments, who have been at the forefront of rescuing people allegedly trafficked to work in scam centres controlled by those two…
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The junta will use them as part of Operation Aung Zay Ya, its offensive to retake the section of AH1 that connects Myawaddy Town on the border with Thailand to Kawkareik Town. According to sources, the junta has been stockpiling hundreds of Turkish-made drones at its Military Operations Command 12 (MOC 12) and the Infantry Battalion (IB) 97 base in…
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According to a statement by Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM) a prison officer working in the cafeteria at Pyay Prison in Pyay Town punched a political prisoner unprovoked and for no reason. This prompted about 100 political prisoners to demand that the prison governor address the incident. As the political prisoners were demanding accountability from the governor two warning shots were…
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