Myanmar's military government has attacked a town controlled by rebel militias. The latest airstrikes have forced hundreds of people to flee the country into neighboring Thailand.
On December 16, Pado Shwe Maung, chairman of the KNU's Brigade 6, requested the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and junta troops not to turn Lay Kaw Kaw, a token of peace in south of Myawaddy, into a battlefield.
On December 16, Pado Shwe Maung, chairman of the KNU's Brigade 6, requested the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and junta troops not to turn Lay Kaw Kaw, a token of peace in south of Myawaddy, into a battlefield.
The fighting in Lay Kay Kaw erupted a day after hundreds of regime troops entered the town and arrested anti-junta activists and politicians; civilian homes were shelled.