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One of the consequences of the European conquest of most of southern Asia was an insatiable interest in the region s geography. European-made maps at the time were full of blank spots or, at best, rough guesses of the exact location and height of certain mountains and the sources and accurate courses of major rivers. Ambitious individuals in the academic world sought to make their reputations by answering important geographical questions.
By the late 1880s Great Britain had already taken over northern Burma and France had seized northern Vietnam and Laos. That put both countries possessions on the border of Yunnan, at a time when Chinese central authority was in the throes of collapse. Both wanted to open Yunnan up to trade, so information on the province was at a premium. The only serious Western attempt so far to explore Yunnan was the French Mekong Expedition in 1868.
BANGKOK (AP) – Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost late Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said. The position is approximately 15 kilometres from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) stormed and burned 10 days […]
May 07, 2021 - 4:37 AM
BANGKOK - Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmarâs Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost on Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said.
The position is approximately 15 kilometres (nine miles) from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army stormed and burned 10 days earlier. The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union, the main political organization representing the Karen minority, whose homeland is in eastern Myanmar.
The Karen and the Kachin in northern Myanmar are the two major ethnic armed organizations that have allied themselves with the movement against the junta that took power in Myanmar after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.
Myanmar s Karen insurgents burn another government outpost
May 7, 2021
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1of6In this photo provided by Karen National Liberation Army, a Karen National Liberation Army soldier holds a motor shell while standing next to a cache of mortar shells found at a Myanmar military outpost Friday, May 7, 2021, in Mutraw district, Karen State, Myanmar. Ethnic Karen guerrillas burned down a Myanmar military outpost Friday morning, capturing it without a fight after its garrison fled at their approach, a senior Karen officer said. (Karen National Liberation Army via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of6In this photo provided by Karen National Liberation Army, a Karen National Liberation Army soldier holds a mortar shell found at a Myanmar military outpost Friday, May 7, 2021, in Mutraw district, Karen State, Myanmar. Ethnic Karen guerrillas burned down a Myanmar military outpost Friday morning, capturing it without a fight after its garrison fled at their approach, a s
Fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority have burned down a government military outpost after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said.
The position is about nine miles from a larger camp which the Karen National Liberation Army stormed and burned 10 days earlier.
The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union, the main political organisation representing the Karen minority, whose homeland is in eastern Myanmar.
The Karen and the Kachin in northern Myanmar are the two major ethnic armed organisations that have allied themselves with the movement against the junta that took power in Myanmar after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.