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Apr 27, 2021 In this image made from video by the Transborder News, smoke rises from a Myanmar Army camp today near the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base today in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military's takeover of the country's civilian government in February. (Transborder News via AP) BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base today near the border with Thailand, representing a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover of the country�...

Armed rebels in Myanmar border seize military outpost April 27, 2021 Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, peacefully demonstrate against the Junta on Monday. — courtesy Twitter YANGON — Ethnic minority Karen insurgents have seized a military outpost near the Thai border, a sign that civil conflict will continue despite a recent pledge by the junta to end the violence. The Karen National Union (KNU), which controls territory in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border, is a close ally of the resistance movement against the military takeover that ousted...

Karen Rebels Attack and Burn Down Myanmar Military Outpost Share This: Photo of Karen troops: KNU Insurgents from the Karen ethnic minority attacked and burned a Myanmar army outpost on the Thai border. It was some of the most intense violence since the military, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, seized control of the country. Saw Taw Nee, the foreign affairs head of the Karen National Union (KNU), told media members that just before dawn on Tuesday, Karen troops attacked, occupied, and then burned down the outpost. He added that fighting was ongoing in other areas but didn’t elaborate.

By GRANT PECK | Associated Press | Published: April 27, 2021 BANGKOK — Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base on 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...

Ethnic Karen guerrillas said on Tuesday that they had captured the base near the border with Thailand which was seen in flames in footage shot by villagers on the Thai side of the border.