Ethnic minority Karen troops are seen after setting fire to a building inside a Myanmar army outpost near the Thai border, which is seen from the Thai side on the Thanlwin, also known as Salween, riverbank in Mae Hong Son province, Thailand, April 28, Reuters
Myanmar’s junta, which suffered casualties and attacks in two far-flung regions controlled by ethnic armies this week, has been frustrated in its effort to revive moribund peace talks with powerful militias who won’t play ball with the unpopular military dictatorship, analysts and ethnic leaders said.
In Chin state, a rugged, poor region near the border with India and Bangladesh, the junta lost some 15 troops in an ambush Monday by a militia formed three weeks earlier to oppose military rule, while other Chin fighters wielding home-made rifles staged guerrilla-style attacks on army convoys.
Myanmar Ethnic Rebel Coalition to Begin Unity Talks: Report
Signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement are looking to build an “all-inclusive” ethnic minority front against the junta.
April 29, 2021
In this March 30, 2021, file photo, Myanmar soldiers stand at a small army camp along the river bank near the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured the base on April 27.
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A coalition of ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar will begin talks aimed at establishing a common front against the country’s military junta, as the air force increased its strikes on rebel-held territories in the east and north in the country.
Fighting between Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups raises concerns over ceasefire pact | Video Asia
29 Apr 2021 10:00PM)
There are growing concerns over the future of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar, following renewed fighting between the military and armed ethnic groups. The pact is aimed at ending the world s longest civil war, but ethnic groups who signed the deal view it as practically dead since the military staged the coup. May Wong reports.
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Protesters join militia members to attend a training led by Karen National Union (KNU in Karen State, Myanmar April 9, 2021 in this still image obtained by Reuters from a video on April 26, 2021. Picture via Reuters
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YANGON, April 27 Chanting in Burmese their readiness to fight “for the people”, around 120 youths jogged around a muddy forest clearing in the morning light in a video released by a group that has proclaimed itself a new fighting force against Myanmar’s military junta.
A founder of the group, Mon Mon, said her United Defense Force was made up of protesters against the February 1 coup who had fled crackdowns in which hundreds of demonstrators have been killed by security forces.
Civilians bear the brunt of conflict in Karen State
published : 28 Apr 2021 at 04:00
32 A family with four small children are among thousands of internally displaced persons hiding in the forests and unable to return home due to deadly airstrikes by the Myanmar army since March 27. saw kha pay mu nu
We were all woken from our sleep by the loud noises from vehicles that were reverberating in our ears. They sounded like heavy vehicles on caterpillar tracks.
I reached for my shoulder bag, in which I packed the necessities I would need if I had to run. I initially thought it was the despotic Myanmar army, ready with all their land forces, tanks and other weapons to attack Mutraw district in Karen State and reduce everything to rubble.