This photo taken on July 1, 2024 shows a destroyed house following fighting between Myanmar's military and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army ethnic armed group in Kyaukme. - AFP
KYAUKME, Myanmar: Residents of Kyaukme in northern Myanmar are counting their dead and picking through rubble following fresh fighting that shredded a Beijing-brokered ceasefire between the junta and an alliance of armed ethnic groups.
Last week fighters from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) took control of the town of 30,000 -- on the main trade route to China -- in the latest setback for the military as it battles opponents across the country.
