Members of an ethnic militia in the back of a pickup patrol a front line area near government military positions in the Kayin State of Myanmar, on March 9. (Photo: Adam Dean/ The New York Times)
Myanmar’s military conducted air strikes on Sunday targeting ethnic rebels in Karen state, as fresh fighting broke out for control of the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border, according to a spokesman at the rebel group and media reports.
Thousands of residents in Lay Kay Kaw, which is only about 20km from the Thai border, had already fled fighting in December around the town that has been a refuge for pro-democracy supporters since the army seized power last year.
A spokesman for the Karen National Union (KNU), which is Myanmar’s…
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