Anti-regime militias have captured Myawaddy – a strategically important border city and home to about 200,000 people – from Myanmar’s ruling junta. The Karen National Union (KNU) is now in control of most of Karen state and is urging direct talks with the Thais across the frontier. The KNU is one of about 20 ethnic … Read more
Thailand yesterday confirmed that it had granted permission for Myanmar’s military junta to land three flights in the border town of Mae Sot to evacuate military personnel and civil servants fleeing resistance attacks in Karen State. In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry said that it had received a request from the Myanmar embassy “to … Read more
Ethnic Karen rebels in eastern Myanmar claim to have seized control of part of the town of Myawaddy on the country’s border with Thailand, inflicting another serious debacle on the military junta. On Friday, according to a BBC report, the Karen National Union (KNU) announced that it had accepted the surrender of a battalion based … Read more