A key town along the border between Thailand and Burma has been fought over by the Burmese military and the rebel forces, who recently captured it and have successfully defended it.
A resistance group fighting Burma's military rule said on Sunday its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week. Reinforcements of junta forces have been trying to advance on Myawaddy for days, but were pushed back in a battle about 40 kilometers away, a spokesperson for the Karen National Union , Saw Taw Nee, said in an interview. 'It is not easy to come here.
The KNU information could not be independently confirmed. A spokesperson for the military junta that seized power from an elected government in 2021 did not answer calls from Reuters. The border town of Myawaddy, adjacent to Thailand, was wrested from military control by a coalition of anti-junta forces led by the KNU on Thursday. Fighting took place on Friday between the villages of Kawkareik and Kaw Nwet along the main Asian Highway 1 leading west from the Thai border, Saw Taw Nee said.
We really need to work together in the future more and more on this issue,' he said. He urged Burma's junta to see their recent military setbacks as a sign that they should hand back power to the people. 'Please don’t waste time anymore,' he said. 'This is the time, and a good opportunity, to listen to people first.'
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