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General Yawd Serk, the leader of an ethnic armed group in Shan State, has resigned as the chief of the Peace Process Steering Team.
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The Karen National Liberation Army says regime forces invaded its territory without giving notice.
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If the nature of the conflict can be maintained as a national uprising, the military balance favors revolution by sheer force of numbers and willpower.
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The Karen National Defence Organisation has denied claims that it slaughtered 25 civilians.
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The KNLA has been clashing with junta forces close to the border with Thailand since March.
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A combined force of civilian resistance fighters and armed Karen groups clashed with regime troops close to the border with Thailand.
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Most students boycotted the first day of school, a suspected junta informant and an ex-NLD official were killed and EAOs fought the military four months after the coup.
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Karen State regime officials said they learned of the training while interrogating detainees, and accused the armed group of violating the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
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“Political problem needs to be solved through the political means, which is negotiation,” Karen National Union chairman said Monday.
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Specials
The Irrawaddy has broken down some important figures to illustrate the impacts of more than 90 days of military rule in Myanmar.
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Armed groups in Kachin and Karen States are battling regime forces and offering shelter and support to anti-coup protesters.
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The airstrike follows an attack on a military base close to the Thai border by ethnic armed group the Karen National Liberation Army.
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Interview
The KNU’s Brigade 5 spokesman Padoh Mahn Mahn says a framework is in place to establish a federal union and army, including the ethnic armed groups.
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Commentary
As peaceful protest hardens into resistance—albeit with makeshift weapons—and ethnic armies side with the people, all-out war appears increasingly unavoidable.
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Thousands of Karen State villagers have fled their homes after airstrikes by Myanmar’s military regime.