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Reuters Reuters 29 April, 2021, 8:06 pm 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, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand (Reuters) -Myanmar’s coup has brought war back to a remote Southeast Asian frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs. Ethnic ...

Myanmar guerrillas take base, leading to airstrikes Associated Press BANGKOK – Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base Tuesday near the border with Thailand, representing a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's civilian government in February. Myanmar's military staged airstrikes several hours later on villages in territory controlled by the Karen forces, according to a guerrilla spokesman, a senior Thai official and a relief worker. The fighting took place three days after a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders to try to ha...

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 6:03 PM   [ Last Update: Wednesday, 28 April 2021 6:17 PM ] The file photo, taken on October 14, 2016, shows armed rebels moving toward the frontline near Laiza in Kachin state, Myanmar. (Via AFP) For the second consecutive day in Myanmar, the military has conducted air assaults on the rebel-held territory near the eastern border with Thailand. Sithichai Jindaluang, the governor of Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province which borders Myanmar’s Karen state, said in a statement on Wednesday that gunfire and bomb...

Ethnic Karen rebels, now training nearly 300 Burmese for urban insurgency, have unleashed a fresh offensive in eastern Myanmar near the Thailand border, capturing a military base and withstanding air strikes.A rebel spokesman said fighters of ...

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 ...