15 April 2024
I’ve moved. My PC crashed, nice opportunity to upgrade but as a result getting taxes done was a bit of a nail biter. Nice to see all these contributions.
Much going on militarily with the PDFs. Obviously the biggest being a direct mass drone attack on Naypyitaw as @GagHalfrunt shared two weeks ago. Add to this the big operation in the northeast of Shan State a few months ago and more recently the tatmadaw being routed out ofmajor centers in the west, the time is ripe for the KNU to be making moves from the Karen State region bordering Thailand.
Myawaddy, a key gateway to Thailand and straddling the highway to Mae Sot, may fall soon:
Myanmar rebels fighting the junta say they have seized the last remaining military base in a key border town, dealing the latest significant blow to the country’s military rulers as they struggle to cling to power.
About 200 soldiers abandoned their base in the southeastern town of Myawaddy and have been pushed to the No 2. Friendship Bridge linking Myanmar to Thailand following an attack Wednesday night by Karen resistance fighters, a spokesperson for the Karen National Union told CNN Thursday.
“Officially we (are in) control of the town Myawaddy since last night,” KNU spokesperson Saw Taw Nee said. The loss of the major trading point with Thailand was “a big issue for the military,” he added.
CNN cannot independently confirm the KNU’s claim. The spokesperson clarified that the rebels do not yet control the border bridge, saying the soldiers are trying to get safe passage into Thailand.
White Messiahs - Meh
Bertil Lintner tears into overpaid mostly-white culturally clueless peacemakers.
Middle Class Disappearing
Within Myanmar, according to the UN, poverty is reverting back to pre-DASSK release levels. The democracy experiment had proven that when things are no longer in the grip of the military cult, the economy recovered very rapidly. Everything that has transpired economically since the coup may have confirmed how the reverse also becomes true.
