Thailand urges bigger ASEAN role in resolving Myanmar conflict
Bangkok, Thailand Reuters Thailand called on Friday for the regional bloc ASEAN to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx of refugees. Myanmar is locked in a civil war between the military […]
Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops
Reuters Fighting raged at Myanmar’s eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, both governments said, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee as rebels fought to flush out Myanmar junta troops holed up for days at a bridge border crossing. Resistance fighters and ethnic minority rebels seized the key trading town of Myawaddy on the Myanmar side of […]
Myanmar: In a rebel-held town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brink
PANU WONGCHA-UM, of Reuters, reports that the seizure of a critical trading post by rebels forces last week provides some insights into the ongoing conflict in Myanmar…