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Many teenagers in the camp are struggling with drug addiction, and the number of female drug users is on the rise, according to Saw Sunday, the Mae La Camp Secretary. He said that following instructions from the Thai authorities, starting in the first week of December, young people in the camp will be subjected to random urine tests to detect…

The junta used two aircraft, a Y-12 utility plane and a jet fighter to drop around 40 bombs in the area of Hsenghkun Village, at about 3:00 am on 3 December 2024. The aircraft carried out eight bombing runs with the Y-12 dropping about 30 bombs and the fighter jet dropping about 10 bombs, according to a source in the…

On 14 August 2024, torrential rains triggered flooding in Shan State’s Tachileik Town on the Myanmar side and Mae Sai Town in Chiang Rai Province, on the Thai side. While both towns have faced floods in previous years, this year’s event was unprecedented, leaving behind large amounts of sediment after the floodwaters receded. According to a report on the pollution,…

The 39 foreigners were picked up by Thai soldiers on 25 November after escaping from scam gangs operating in Kyauk Khet and Mehtawthalay villages in Myawaddy Township. They were picked up at around 5:00 am on 25 November after they had entered Thailand by crossing the the Thaungyin (Moei) River, which delineates the border “They were 39 foreigners who had…

Kawkareik District roughly corresponds to the Karen National Union (KNU) district of Dooplaya which is mainly controlled by KNU Brigade 6. The victims were identified as: U Rakhine, aged 69, who was retired but used to work at the electricity department; his daughter, Daw Theint Theint Thu, aged 36, a former government employee; and her nephew, Maung Sai Wunna Tun,…

This justification was posted on the pro junta Myo Chit Myanmar (A Hmway Sein) Telegram Channel on 18 November. The channel has about 1,400 subscribers and the post has already been viewed by at least 400 people. But, KIC’s fact-checking team reviewed the information and decided that Myo Chit Myanmar’s claims that Karenni resistance force fighters were hiding in Bangkok…

Kyaungkone Village is in Nyaunglebin District which the Karen National Union (KNU) refers to as Kler Lwee Htoo District. The area has traditionally been mainly under the control of KNU Brigade 3. There was no ongoing fighting near Kyaungkone when the junta launched artillery and drone attacks on the village at 10:00 am on 13 November. During the attack the…

A coalition led by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the KNU, launched an offensive against Hpapun TOCH-1 in March 2024. Since then, Colonel San Aung, the commander of TOCH-1, has been using his troops’ families, including women and children, as human shields by confining them to the base, according to a KNLA frontline commander. He…

The base protects Kuseik Bridge in Dweiloe Township, in Karen State’s Hpapun District, which roughly corresponds to the KNU district of Mutraw, a district that the KNU refers to as the Brigade 5 area, which has traditionally been mainly under the control of KNU Brigade 5. On 6 November, joint forces led by Brigade 5 launched an attack on the…

Fighting in the area between junta and resistance forces started on 8 November 2024. On the same day a junta artillery shell exploded near to Kuntheepin Village in Taungoo Township injuring four people, according to local sources. This caused about 4,000 residents from Kuntheepin and nearby villages to immediately flee to other safer locations in Taungoo Township. But now, junta…