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The KNDF stated that on December 7 and 8, troops from Battalion 422, based near Moebye, launched drone strikes with bombs containing S-PHOS (560) chemical agents in Moebye and its surroundings.

“A chemical agent was used in attacks. As a result, revolutionary fighters experienced symptoms such as dizziness and vomiting,” said Ta Eh Soe, a KNDF spokesperson.

There has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source of the illicit drug from which heroin is derived, experts from the United Nations said Thursday, while warning of strong prospects for future expansion of the deadly trade.

A delegation from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) had left on Sunday “for talks with the Chinese government” at China’s invitation, Colonel Naw Bu told AFP.

The ethnic armed organisation Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) claims to have executed several convicts on Thursday in Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region of northern Shan State.

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.

The ethnic Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on Tuesday declared a unilateral ceasefire with the junta while pledging to join China-brokered peace efforts, as Beijing continues to detain its chief.

While the partnership is ostensibly meant to manage security guards protecting Chinese Belt and Road projects in Myanmar, sources suspect the real motive is to deploy Chinese armed personnel to help the military contain anti-junta forces

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22607469

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Thailand’s proposed “Associations and Foundations” legislation threatens civil society organizations (CSOs) and media exiles from Myanmar based in the previously tolerant kingdom, according to rights groups.