Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) walking past a Myanmar military base after seizing it during clashes near Laukkaing township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state on October 28, 2023//Photo: AFP
Yangon, Myanmar – Ethnic minority fighters clashed with Myanmar’s military on a major trade route to Thailand on Friday, blocking traffic and sending people fleeing, residents and local media said.
Fighters from the Karen National Union (KNU) fought with the military at dawn in the town of Kawkareik in eastern Karen state, according to local media reports. The town sits on the Asia Highway that links the trade hub of Myawaddy on the Thai border with Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon.
Video from Kawkareik uploaded to social media showed around a dozen trucks parked up and a plume of smoke billowing into the sky as people took shelter. AFP digital…
