Under the KNU’s administrative structure, Hpapun falls within Mutraw District, the primary operational area of its armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 5. Since early May, junta forces have launched offensives along the Hpapun-Kamarmaung Road, deploying heavy reinforcements to secure a strategic hilltop base and retake Hpapun Town, which regime forces lost …
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