REFILE-Myanmar s war displaces new generation on remote river frontier Reuters 2 hrs ago
By Panu Wongcha-um
MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand, April 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar s coup has brought war back to a remote Southeast Asian frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs.
Ethnic Karen insurgents and the Myanmar army have engaged in heavy clashes near the Thai border in the weeks since the Feb. 1 coup, when Myanmar s generals ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Karen and other autonomy-seeking ethnic minority forces based in frontier regions have supported the largely urban-based pro-democracy opponents of the junta, offering refuge to some, and tension with the military has boiled up into new fighting.
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Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory
The Karen National Union s (KNU) Fifth Brigade on Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021, attacked and razed an army base right by the Salween River - which demarcates a border between Thailand and Myanmar - and the military retaliated with air offensives. (File photo: AFP/Handout)
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YANGON: Myanmar s military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire was heard from neighbouring Thailand, a Thai official said on Wednesday (Apr 28), as fighting escalates along the border.
April 28, 2021
BANGKOK (AP) – Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base yesterday in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover of the country’s civilian government in February.
A spokesman for the Karen National Union (KNU), the minority’s main political group seeking greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central government, said the group’s armed wing attacked the base at 5am and burned it down just after dawn.
Casualty figures were not yet known, the KNU’s head of foreign affairs, Padoh Saw Taw Nee, said in a text message. There was no immediate comment from Myanmar’s military government.
April 29, 2021
BANGKOK (AFP) – Myanmar’s military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire was heard from neighbouring Thailand, a Thai official said yesterday, as fighting escalates along the border.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the junta ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, its power grab angering much of its population.
The anti-junta movement has also garnered some support from some ethnic rebel groups, which controls territory along Myanmar’s border regions.
The Karen National Union (KNU), one of the most prominent, has been among the junta’s most vocal opponents – blasting the junta for violence against anti-coup protesters.
Myanmar junta launches air raids in rebel territory
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Fighting escalates along the border.
Myanmar’s military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire was heard from neighbouring Thailand, a Thai official said Wednesday, as fighting escalates along the border.
The anti-junta movement has also garnered some support from some ethnic rebel groups, which control territory along Myanmar’s border regions.
The Karen National Union (KNU), one of the most prominent, has been among the junta’s most vocal opponents blasting the junta for violence against anti-coup protesters.