Myanmar Troops Gain on Rebels as Villagers Flee

From The New York Times:

MAE SALID, Thailand — For the first time in at least a decade, Myanmar’s central government controls most of its own border with Thailand. By the standards of most countries this might not be considered a major accomplishment. But Myanmar has been fighting ethnic Karen rebels along the mountainous border for nearly as long as it has existed as an independent country.

The Myanmar military and a local proxy militia undertook an assault in June that led to the capture of seven military camps run by the Karen National Union, a rebel group that once so dominated parts of the 1,100-mile Thailand-Myanmar border that it collected customs duties at its own checkpoints.

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Update: Christian Karen Under Fire in Burma -- American Spectator

My Comment: As long as I can remember .... this war has been going on and on and on. But like Sri Lanka, the Myanmar government has made a decision to stop this internal rebellion but going all out to defeat them on the battlefield .... and it appears that they have.