Thailand’s Foreign Minister Urges Restraint After Myanmar Army Loss
Mae Sot, Thailand – Following the loss of an important border trading town to guerrillas in Myanmar, Thailand’s foreign minister emphasized the need for restraint and peaceful resolutions to the escalating situation. The town of Myawaddy was relinquished by Myanmar’s army, granting control to the ethnic Karen National Union and their allies, the pro-democracy People’s Defense Forces. In the wake of the military’s successive defeats since October, stemming from the coup that ousted Aung San …