At least one was killed and several others injured after an explosion took place at the junta checkpoint at the Salween Bridge in Hpa-an Township, Karen State.
The city is making headlines in regional newspapers as a hive of scams, abduction, and human trafficking, with governments increasingly under pressure to respond to emergency appeals from families and victims.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 7 (ANI): Rising incidents of human trafficking have alarmed human rights activists, with reports that the Shwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar's Karen State has become a people-trafficking hub.
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], March 28 (ANI): Nearly 3,000 villagers from Myanmar's southeastern Karen state escaped to Thailand on Sunday after the army conducted air attacks on an area held by an ethnic group, Sky News reported citing the local media reports.
Nay Pyi Taw [Myanmar], September 3 (ANI): The presence of Chinese-run casinos in the centre of an armed conflict zone in Karen State is raising serious concerns for the peace process, suggests Aung Zaw in The Irrawaddy.