BANGKOK (AP) – Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organisation, members of the group and a rescue worker said on Monday. The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold […]
The terrifying attack in Kachin State came as a group of local civil society groups called on ASEAN to junk the bloc’s “ineffectual” five-point peace plan.
The number of casualties at Sunday night s celebration in the northern state of Kachin appeared to be the most in a single air attack since the military seized power in February last year.
The reported attack comes 3 days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss widening violence in Myanmar