By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times Yangon – Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in good health today (March 31) during a video meeting, one of her lawyers said, as the United States ordered its non-essential embassy staff to leave after weeks of violence over a Feb 1 coup. The
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New round of air strikes against Karens as more refugees cross over
MYANMAR Air Force again bombed a Karen National Union (KNU) base within its zone of control yesterday afternoon (March 28) after the first aerial assault the previous day leading to more refugees fleeing across the border to Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province, Sanook.com reported this morning (March 29). At around 4.15 p.m. yesterday Myanmar Air
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By Reuters Staff, published by US News & World Report, and Sanook.com MYANMAR army fighter jets launched air strikes yesterday (March 27) on a village near the Thai border in territory controlled by an armed ethnic group, the group said, as fears grow of civil war following last month’s military coup. The Karen National Union
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