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ThayetChaung IDPs Face Urgent Food Aid Crisis
3 April, 2026
War-displaced residents from villages along the Myeik-Dawei road in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, urgently need food assistance, aid workers report.
Intense fighting to retake the Win outpost via air, sea, and land attacks prevents locals from returning home, forcing thousands to hide in forests and plantations.
These displaced people face food shortages due to severed phone and internet links plus travel difficulties.
“Main roads are blocked so markets are inaccessible; market trucks don’t reach villages; they’re eating whatever’s left, but supplies are running out,” an aid worker told PRM.
Mobile market vehicles that once traveled village-to-village have become scarce; surviving ones risk dangers, making food purchases difficult and prices nearly double.
Thousands of IDPs may be scattered across Thayetchaung Township; some receive aid but many remain uncontactable and unlocated.
“People flee on their own; we support whoever’s reachable but can’t cover everyone; with troops massing to retake areas, many can’t return and face food exhaustion if this continues,” the aid worker added.
Among IDPs are elderly, children, pregnant women, and chronic patients needing medicines alongside food.
Karen revolutionary forces captured the 30-year-old Win outpost near Highway 8 after nearly a month of attacks, on March 14.
Junta troops then launched fierce counterattacks with airstrikes, escalating clashes between both sides.
The junta claims it regained lost territory by late March and reopened the lower Myeik-Dawei road.
A resistance fighter said excessive airstrikes forced retreats from some areas but full junta control is false propaganda.
“Yes, we withdrew from some spots due to daily bombings that hit civilians; we still hold others amid ongoing fighting,” the fighter told PRM.
KNU Division 4 reports at least 15 civilians including children killed, dozens injured by junta actions; religious schools, homes destroyed; some buildings burned.
ThayetChaung IDPs Face Urgent Food Aid Crisis
3 April, 2026
War-displaced residents from villages along the Myeik-Dawei road in Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, urgently need food assistance, aid workers report.
Intense fighting to retake the Win outpost via air, sea, and land attacks prevents locals from returning home, forcing thousands to hide in forests and plantations.
These displaced people face food shortages due to severed phone and internet links plus travel difficulties.
“Main roads are blocked so markets are inaccessible; market trucks don’t reach villages; they’re eating whatever’s left, but supplies are running out,” an aid worker told PRM.
Mobile market vehicles that once traveled village-to-village have become scarce; surviving ones risk dangers, making food purchases difficult and prices nearly double.
Thousands of IDPs may be scattered across Thayetchaung Township; some receive aid but many remain uncontactable and unlocated.
“People flee on their own; we support whoever’s reachable but can’t cover everyone; with troops massing to retake areas, many can’t return and face food exhaustion if this continues,” the aid worker added.
Among IDPs are elderly, children, pregnant women, and chronic patients needing medicines alongside food.
Karen revolutionary forces captured the 30-year-old Win outpost near Highway 8 after nearly a month of attacks, on March 14.
Junta troops then launched fierce counterattacks with airstrikes, escalating clashes between both sides.
The junta claims it regained lost territory by late March and reopened the lower Myeik-Dawei road.
A resistance fighter said excessive airstrikes forced retreats from some areas but full junta control is false propaganda.
“Yes, we withdrew from some spots due to daily bombings that hit civilians; we still hold others amid ongoing fighting,” the fighter told PRM.
KNU Division 4 reports at least 15 civilians including children killed, dozens injured by junta actions; religious schools, homes destroyed; some buildings burned.