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MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister on Friday said he urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far they seemed to be exercising restraint. Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara spoke during a visit to Mae Sot, which lies directly […]
Thailand's foreign minister said on Friday that he urged Burma's military authorities to not respond violently to its army's loss of a trading town to guerrillas of the Karen National Union.
YANGON (AFP) – Myanmar’s military and an ethnic minority armed group clashed for a second day around a trade hub on the Thai border yesterday, with residents hiding or fleeing and Thailand beefing up security on the border. More than USD1.1 billion worth of trade passed through Myanmar’s border town Myawaddy in the 12 months […]
Our correspondent spent three days with one rebel group | Asia
A Burma army artillery shell struck a drug rehabilitation centre operated by a church group in Kalay Township, Sagaing Region, claiming the lives of at least four individuals on the evening of April 5. A man associated with a civil society group reported that the victims were killed instantly when the shell landed in the compound of Chhan Chhuahna Rûn. Additionally, ten people