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HPA-AN, Karen State – Since the National League for Democracy (NLD) government took office in March 2016, a female chief minister, who has been involved with the NLD since its inception, has led Karen State. [1]

RANGOON — The Karen State Border Guard Force clashed Thursday with a splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) near Kaw Moo village on the old Kawkareik-Myawaddy road in Karen State. [2]

MAWLAMYINE, Mon State — Nearly 150 civil society organizations (CSOs) across the country denounced a coal-fired power plant project in Karen State’s Hpa-an Township as a state minister confirmed plans for 11 new plants with an aim to source 33 percen... [3]

The Karen National Union (KNU) and its resistance allies said they twice ambushed junta reinforcements heading to Waw Lay in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, at the weekend, killing six junta soldiers and capturing 16 others, including a major. (confirmed by 2 sources) [4]

Displaced residents of Myawady taking shelter at a Thai side in Tak province / Photo: Social Media Mizzima The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has documented incidents that happened during April 2024 in Karen State. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-03-15 · 100% match

Karen State Chief Minister: ‘Our State Needs Electricity: Coal Could Be The Answer’

HPA-AN, Karen State – Since the National League for Democracy (NLD) government took office in March 2016, a female chief minister, who has been involved with the NLD since its inception, has led Karen State.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-10-09 · 100% match

DKBA Splinter Group Clashes With BGF in Karen State

RANGOON — The Karen State Border Guard Force clashed Thursday with a splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) near Kaw Moo village on the old Kawkareik-Myawaddy road in Karen State.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-06-22 · 100% match

CSOs Oppose Karen State Coal-fired Power Plant

MAWLAMYINE, Mon State — Nearly 150 civil society organizations (CSOs) across the country denounced a coal-fired power plant project in Karen State’s Hpa-an Township as a state minister confirmed plans for 11 new plants with an aim to source 33 percen

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-10-17 · 100% match

Sixteen Myanmar Regime Troops Captured in Karen State Ambush

The Karen National Union (KNU) and its resistance allies said they twice ambushed junta reinforcements heading to Waw Lay in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, at the weekend, killing six junta soldiers and capturing 16 others, including a major.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-04-30 · 100% match

Incidents in Karen State during April 2024

Displaced residents of Myawady taking shelter at a Thai side in Tak province / Photo: Social Media Mizzima The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has documented incidents that happened during April 2024 in Karen State.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-07-21 · 100% match

KNU now controls 61% of Myanmar’s Karen State

Mizzima The Karen National Union (KNU) now controls approximately 61 percent of Karen State, more than four years after Myanmar’s military coup, according to a research paper released by ISP Myanmar.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-06 · 100% match

Chinese Developer’s Grand Claims Spark Fresh Concern in Karen State

YANGON — A Chinese company behind an urban development project near the Thai border in Karen State says it is planning to build on a swath of land under the control of a local armed group many times the size it was granted by the government.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-10-29 · 100% match

110 trafficking victims seeking rescue from scam centres in Karen State.

A “Welcome to Karen State” sign is displayed across the Moei river on the Myanmar side, as seen from Thailand’s Mae Sot district on April 12, 2024.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-02-03 · 100% match

Chinese-led scam operations and human trafficking surge in Karen State amid armed group control

Payathonzu Town, located on the Thai-Myanmar border, serves as a hub for online scam gangs Mizzima Special Correspondent Han Htoo Zaw Online scam operations, locally known as Kyar Phyant, run by Chinese-led online gambling syndicates and located in M

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-05-06 · 100% match

Myanmar junta’s efforts fail to prompt majority of IDPs to return home in Mon, Karen states

File Photo Mizzima Despite the Myanmar Military Council’s efforts to encourage displaced people in Kawkareik Township, Karen State, and Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon State, to return to their original locations, the majority of residents have yet to do so

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