IDPs Reluctantly Returning from Nyaungshwe to Loikaw

Following junta pressure, displaced people (IDPs) from Loikaw Township in Karenni State who are sheltering in Shan State’s Nyaungshwe Town have reluctantly started returning home, despite having misgivings about their security.

Around 8,000 people fled from Loikaw Township to Nyaungshwe Town after Karenni resistance forces launched Operation 1111 to take Loikaw Town, the Karenni State capital, on 11 November 2023.