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March 29, 2021 One of the consequences of the European conquest of most of southern Asia was an insatiable interest in the regions 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 alread...

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 Myanmar’s 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 represent...

Myanmars Karen insurgents burn another government outpost May 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 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 garris...

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 ...

Myanmars Karen insurgents burn another government military outpost Toggle share menu Advertisement Myanmars Karen insurgents burn another government military outpost A Karen National Liberation Army soldier stands next to a cache of mortar shells found at a Myanmar military outpost on May 7, 2021, in Mutraw district, Karen State, Myanmar. (Photo: Karen National Liberation Army via AP) 08 May 2021 12:07AM Share this content Bookmark BANGKOK: Guerrilla soldiers fro...

Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces Karen National Liberation Army says its attacks are to show support for the National Unity Government. 624 By The Irrawaddy 6 May 2021 Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State. Military tension has risen in H...

The counterattack came after days of Myanmar military air strikes against Kachin Independence Army positions. May 04, 2021 A Kachin Independence Army soldier stands guard near Laiza, Kachin State, with a Myanmar military camp in the background. Credit: Flickr/Allyson Neville-Morgan Advertisement Ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar said yesterday that they had shot down a military helicopter, the latest sign of the fighting that has intensified around the country’s periphery since the cou...

news A human tragedy The Bangkok Post © The Bangkok Post Groups of displaced people cross the Salween River back to Karen state late last month. Saw Kha Pay Mu Nu Just over a month ago on the night of March 27, the Armed Forces Day of Myanmar celebrated with a reception organised in the presence of the military attache and diplomats from various countries in Myanmar’s capital city Nay Pyi Taw. Yet on the same day, jet fighters of the despotic Myanmar Army were dispatched fo...

Explosions have rocked Myanmar’s largest city Yangon as protesters held flash marches for democracy and overnight candle-lit vigils, defying a brutal military leadership that has held onto power for three bloody months. The country has been in turmoil since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, bringing an abrupt end to Myanmar’s short-lived experiment with democracy. The power grab triggered an enormous uprising, which authorities have tried to quell with dea...