Pete Vowles, the senior official at the British Embassy, tweeted he is being ‘forced to leave’; departure follows spat between London, junta over status of UK envoy.
It may be Min Aung Hlaing’s main arms dealer and the only country willing to let him enter, but even Russia is reluctant to lend his presence much official weight.
The Yesagyo Revolution Group said its member blew up three grenades before he could be detained.
A 17-year-old and her mother were shot dead together with two others by regime forces on Tuesday.
The BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron are fast becoming the dominant cause of COVID-19 infections around the world.
Residents in Matupi and Mindat townships have struggled to buy rice and other basics since the regime blocked roads to the mountainous state.
Resistance groups launched a series of bomb attacks across the commercial capital on Monday and Tuesday.
They were among a unit of regime troops that was decimated by Cobra Column on the road leading to a strategic outpost in Karen State, the group said.
They were among a unit of regime troops that was decimated by Cobra Column on the road leading to a strategic outpost in Karen State, the group said.
The use of mass violence and atrocities against civilians is so deeply internalized in the military that the institution must be replaced.
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