On July 29, junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing promulgated the ‘Law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic Elections from Obstruction, Disruption and Destruction,’ comprising 8 chapters and 32 sections. The Independent Press Council Myanmar (IPCM), representing media agencies and journalists in Myanmar, abroad, and in ethnic regions, has criticized the junta’s laws and …| Karen News
The river water has flooded about nine central wards of Hpa-An City and about 20 nearby villages in Hpa-An Township leading to evacuations, according to local relief groups. Local aid groups and relevant departments of the junta administration have helped around 30,000 flood affected residents by establishing 22 temporary camps where people displaced by flooding …| Karen News
The arson attacks began on the 22nd of this month (July), according to a frontline news source who spoke to the Kantarawaddy Times. “Yes, there have been houses set on fire. They (the junta troops) have reached Phayarni. And they have been burning houses in and around Noe Koe,” said the source. Even though no …| Karen News
In early May 2025, following fighting with resistance forces to the east of the Sittaung River in Taungoo Township, the junta burned down several villages, including including Kyauklonegyi, Letpaekone, Saparkywei, and Tawpu, causing thousands of residents to flee and seek shelter in an IDP camp on the west side of the Sittaung River, just outside …| Karen News
The 21 July 2025 report by the Institute of Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) estimated that, as of 15 July 2025, the KNU controls approximately 800 km (497 miles), or about a third, of the approximately 2,416 km (1,501 miles) long border with Thailand. The report said that since the February 2021 coup the …| Karen News
On 3 July 2025, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and its allies launched an offensive against Wawlay TOC, which is in Myawaddy’s Township’s Wawlay Town, on the border with Thailand,. Since then residents of Wawlay Town and the surrounding areas have been fleeing across the Wa Le River into Thailand. Currently about 1,000 of …| Karen News
