At least 30 people have been killed on Myanmar's border with China, after clashes between ethnic rebels and the security forces.
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's Defense Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing has re-empowered Colonel Zaw Zaw Naing, Laukkai Regional Commander, to exercise the executive and judicial powers for military control in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, northeastern Shan state, an official report said Thursday.
Myanmar government troops have seized strategic Point 2202 tophill, the last stronghold of the Kokang ethnic army, in a latest offensive, local media quoted the military sources as reporting Friday.
Fierce fighting has occurred in Myanmar's Kokang region in northeastern Shan state on the first day of the country's water festival, the state-run Mirror reported Tuesday.
Fierce fighting continued in Laukkai, Myanmar's Kokang region in northeastern Shan state, Thursday with the government forces seizing one more strategically important hill point-1479, the military-run media Myawaddy reported Friday.
Some sporadic armed clashes continued in Kokang region, northeastern Shan state of Myanmar, over the last two days, according to the military-run media, Myawaddy, on Thursday.
Myanmar government forces had claimed capture of some military bases of the Kokang ethnic army in five engagements over the weekend after air strikes, an official report said on Monday.
The Myanmar government forces have launched offensive to secure the main routes leading to Laukkai, the capital of Kokang region in northeastern Shan state over the last two days, a official report said Friday.
Fighting between Myanmar's government forces and the Kokang ethnic army in northeastern Shan state, continued over the last two days amid government's declaration of state of emergency, official reports said Thursday.
The Myanmar government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Kokang region of the northeastern Shan State and introduced martial law following week-long armed clashes between the government forces and the Kokang ethnic army.
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