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Karen living in fear after Thailand turns its back Paskorn Jumlongrach Founder and reporter of www.transbordernews.in.th published : 6 Apr 2021 at 04:00 154 People hide under rocks following an airstrike, in Papun district, Karen state, Myanmar last Friday in this still image obtained from a social media video. Reuters For more than a week, thousands of Karen villagers who fled the airstrikes on March 27 that targeted the Karen National Union (KNU) stronghold have been stranded in the jungle, starving and in fear for their lives. As their Day Puh N...

Myanmar’s military is waging war on its citizens. Some say it’s time to fight back From a fenced-off compound close to the Myanmar border in northern Thailand, a rebel leader offers a bleak view of Myanmar’s future, as the country is cleaved apart by a military coup. The possibility of a deepening civil war in Myanmar is “high,” Gen. Yawd Serk said from his administrative base in Chiang Mai province. “The world has changed. I see people in the cities won’t give up. And I see (coup leader) Min Aung Hlaing won’t give up. I think there is possibility that civil war might happen.�...

Thailand must lend a hand to the Karen 3 3 People cook in a forest following an air strike in Papun district, Karen state, Myanmar on Friday. REUTERS Pictures of Karen people, including children and the elderly, crowded on the banks of Myanmar's Salween River while attempting to flee the country as their communities were targeted by air strikes launched by the Tatmadaw, and taking refuge on Thai soil triggered sympathy among many Thais. Criticism has also been deafening over allegations made by human rights groups that Thai authorities pushed back the Karen into...

Mounting pressure: A protester running during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup in Amarapura, Mandalay. — AFP A REBEL group has accused Myanmar’s military of deploying “excessive force”, saying that continuous airstrikes have displaced more than 12,000 unarmed civilians, including children. Late last month, the ethnic armed group Karen National Union (KNU) seized a military base in eastern Kayin state, killing 10 army officers. The junta retaliated with airstrikes. The KNU has been a vocal opponent of the military junta – which ousted civilia...

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