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With junta forces losing ground to rebels, the military appears to be getting desperate.

U Shwe Min, a militia leader under the control of the coup-regime, has issued an order stating that, every Lisu family residing in Kachin State must register to join the “people’s militia’, with one registration per household. Failure to register within the specified timeframe will result in the militia visiting their homes to recruit them. On October 30, the Shwe Min 's

The groups have joined in clashes with anti-junta forces since mid-September.

Two areas in eastern Kachin saw a week of clashes through Tuesday as the Myanmar military tried to push the KIA out of strategic locations.

Intense fighting broke out when Junta the troops from the hill-based tactical command in Sadung infiltrated the territory of the KIA's 3rd Battalion, and these clashes were further intensified by airstrikes conducted by the Military Council, according to Colonel Naw Bu, the information officer of KIA (Central). "Their military operations began on June 26th in Sadung with the

The Chinese delegation travelling in Kachin State was fired on by a local armed group.

A junta spokesman also said the convoy, which came under fire near Myitkyina on Tuesday, was carrying Chinese military officials, not a consul as reported in the media.

Ethnic armed group torched Lisu hilltop base before killing 4 regime-allied militia, say locals. 

The junta’s use of arson to clear villages has weakened support for the military regime, a villager says.

The Kachin Independence Army and its allies have been trying to seize control of a key road in Kachin State.