Myanmar groups: Junta broke China-brokered ceasefire

YANGON, Myanmar — An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups has accused the military government of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the Southeast Asian country's north this month and causing civilian casualties.

Beijing brokered a truce between the junta and the so-called Three Brotherhood Alliance in January after months of fighting that displaced more than half a million people near China's southern border.