Myanmar alliance agrees to extend ceasefire with junta in Shan state

This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows members of the ethnic armed group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) standing guard at a checkpoint in the town of Kyaukme in Myanmar's northern Shan State. 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. - Photo: AFP

YANGON: An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after "pressure" from China, a leader of one of the groups said on Saturday (July 20).

The ceasefire, which was extended to July 31, comes after clashes saw its fighters seize territory from the military along a strategic highway to China.