Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's junta chief said the military will strike back at ethnic armed groups waging an offensive in the north of the country, seizing towns and blocking trade routes to China, state media reported Friday.
INTENSIFIED FIGHTING This handout photo taken and released on Oct. 28, 2023, by the Kokang Information Network shows members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army walking past a Myanmar military base after seizing it during clashes near Laukkaing township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state. PHOTO BY KOKANG INFORMATION NETWORK/AFP