Junta Killings and Arrests on Karen State Road

Since late May 2025 junta soldiers have been killing and arresting people on the road going between Leiktho and Thandaung towns in Karen State’s Thandaunggyi Township and on to Taungoo Town just inside Bago Region. 

The junta holds the road but Thandaunggyi Township and the area of Bago Region between the border with Karen State and Taungoo Town is currently under the mixed control of the junta and the Karen National Union’s (KNU) Brigade 2.