Burma-Myanmar: Kokang armed group reports escalating fighting with military junta
The ethnic Kokang army said it clashed with Myanmar’s junta 126 times during November in northern Shan State.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) is fighting around Kokang, Mongkoe and Hsenwi to gain control to the west of Salween River with violence increasing last month after the arrival of junta reinforcements.
Mongkoe, a town in Muse Township on the Chinese border, has seen the heaviest fighting.
An analyst of ethnic minority affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the clashes became more frequent with the deployment of several battalions from the Meiktila-based Division 99 and Bago-based Division 77.