HEAVY fighting is raging just across from Mae Sot town as Myanmar junta troops clash with Karen resistance fighters with Thai villagers near the combat zone fleeing after bullets flew across the border and riddled two houses while 10 Chinese scammers also crossed over and surrendered, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Dec. 12). At noon
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Myanmar rebel groups seize junta base near Thai border
By Naewna and Reuters – published by Yahoo!News A MYANMAR military base 60 kilometres from the Thai border was captured by a Karen-Karenni resistance forces after besieging it for five days, Naewna newspaper said today (June 27). Over a hundred rebel fighters attacked strategically important Maesalawng Hill military base in Bawlakhe district, Karenni state,
Read more400 Myanmar junta troops surrender in capture of Myawaddy
AROUND 400 Myanmar junta troops surrendered together with their weapons to Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters after they completely captured Myawaddy town, which is opposite the Thai town of Mae Sot, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Apr. 8). Meanwhile up in the north Kachin Independence Army (KIA) now holds
Read moreMyanmar rebels capture provincial town as anti-junta offensive widens
By Reuters and published by CNA OPPOSITION troops have captured a town in central Myanmar that is a district administrative headquarters after beating back the military, the shadow government and local media said today (Nov. 7). The shadow National Unity Government (NUG) hailed it as a key victory, although an analyst cautioned that the
Read moreNo current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan’s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – There are no talks with the Taliban to negotiate a peace settlement, Afghan anti-Taliban leader said on Thursday (Sep. 28), vowing to step up “guerrilla warfare” to bring the hardline Islamists to the negotiating table. Speaking in an interview in Paris, Massoud, the exiled leader of
Read moreDrone attack on Myanmar border police HQ kills 5
By Grant Peck – AP and published by ABC News A DRONE attack on a police headquarters in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, just across the border from Mae Sot city in Thailand, has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media
Read moreAmnesty urges Thai Govt to not deport Myanmar people after many quizzed
FOLLOWING the interrogation of around a hundred Myanmar people found residing in buildings at a commercial complex in Mae Sot Amnesty International today (Mar. 24) urged the Thai government to not deport them as they face imprisonment, torture or execution on the orders of the Myanmar junta, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 24). Amnesty
Read moreMyanmar MiG-29 fighter jet strafes Karen positions again but no intrusion
MYANMAR junta sent its MiG-29 fighter jet to strafe Karen insurgent positions across the border from Popphra district of Tak province nine times this morning (July 1) but did not intrude into Thai airspace, Matichon newspaper said. Reporters at this border district said by 11 a.m. the Myanmar fighter jet had made nine strafing runs
Read moreProtests against Afghan Taleban spread in early signs of resistance
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Kabul – Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of more Afghan cities today (Aug. 19) as popular opposition to the Taleban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the east. “Our flag, our identity,” a
Read moreStriking pans to protest Myanmar’s military coup
By TNR Special Correspondent and Aljazeera Myanmar update: A deafening demonstration broke out in Yangon shortly before the 8 p.m. curfew last night (Feb. 3) with angry protesters loudly showing their resistance to the coup mounted on Monday. TNR’s special correspondent based in the Myanmar capital saw with his own eyes that people were shouting
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