Myanmar army faces new challenge as armed ethnic group opens new front | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government faced a fresh challenge Monday when one of the armed ethnic groups in an alliance that recently gained strategic territory in the country’s northeast launched attacks in the western state of Rakhine.

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