Myanmar and a new kind of civil war
Urban dissidents trained by battle-hardened guerillas in thecountryside could make things harder for the Tatmadaw. In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited me to what she called “a secret meeting”. She knew that I was a Myanmar-watcher, but what interested her most was the fact that […]
Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces (စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်မှ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးအဆင့်အပါအဝင် ၂၀၀ နီးပါး သေဆုံးခဲ့ဟု KNU ပြော)
Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State. Military tension has risen in Hpapun area, Shwe Kyin and Thaton Districts, in Karen and Bago regions after the military wing of […]