Karenni forces said in late March that they held 90 percent of the state. The Myanmar military calls civilians “terrorists” and terrorizes them with airstrikes and long-range artillery.

Scarred by war, Myanmar children ‘cannot have the life they used to have’ Women and children in states such as Karenni struggle with trauma from air attacks and intense fighting.

Members of the Karenni National Women’s Organization take part in a team-building exercise in an undisclosed region of Karenni State, Myanmar, January 2023.

Karenni (Kayah) State is a small state situated in eastern Myanmar, with an approximate population of 300,000. Another estimated 120,000 Karenni people live in the Pekhon township area to the ...

The map locates Karenni State, a state in eastern Myanmar, adjacent to Thailand’s northwestern border. It also locates Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, which is west of Karenni State.

In Myanmar’s eastern Karenni State, the sleepy jungle town of Demoso has come alive with revolutionary fervour. In the burnt-red soil along the sides of the town’s main road, a transformation ...