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April 30, 2021 Share Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents. Karen rebels and the Myanmar army have clashed near the Thai border in the weeks since Feb. 1, when Myanmar’s generals ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, displacing villagers on both sides of the border. “People say the Burmese will come and shoot us, so we fled here,” Chu Wah told Reuters. The Karen villager said he crossed over to Thailand with his family ...

Share The KNU’s Fifth Brigade on Tuesday 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. AFP Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory Fri, 30 April 2021 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 April 28, as fighting escalates along the border. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the junta ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

Ethnic Armed Groups Unite With Anti-Coup Protesters Against Myanmar Junta KNLA troops on Karen Martyrs’ Day in Karen State’s Papun District in August 2018. / The Irrawaddy 11.4k By The Irrawaddy 30 April 2021 In the month following the military’s Feb. 1 coup, many of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), which have been warring with the central government for decades, said they opposed the junta’s overthrowing of the democratically-elected civilian government. When the Myanmar military killed anti-regime protesters, people in urban areas longed for help from the EAOs in the...

Daily Times April 29, 2021 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. 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 prom...

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. Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File Advertisement A coalition of ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar will begin talks aimed at establishing a common fron...