
Myanmar's military is struggling to contain armed resistance to its rule, suffering a series of damaging battlefield losses over the past year to an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups in the north and west of the country. The ruling military council headed by army chief Min Aung Hlaing unanimously approved the extension; the junta's information team said in a statement.
Myanmar's military is struggling to contain armed resistance to its rule, suffering a series of damaging battlefield losses over the past year to an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups in the north and west of the country. The ruling military council headed by army chief Min Aung Hlaing unanimously approved the extension; the junta's information team said in a statement.
The Importance of Myanmar extends state of emergency
Myanmar's junta has extended its current state of emergency by six months. This happens four years after they seized power, and it is triggering a civil war that has claimed thousands of lives.
The country is currently mired in a bloody, multi-sided conflict stemming from the Feb. 1, 2021 putsch that ended a 10-year experiment with democracy.
The military is struggling to contain armed resistance to its rule, suffering a series of damaging battlefield losses over the past year to an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups in the north and west of the country.
The ruling military council headed by army chief Min Aung Hlaing unanimously approved the extension; the junta's information team said in a statement.