This video shot by a fighter from ethnic rebel group Karenni Army claims to show an ambush on a Myanmar military convoy and the aftermath in Hpruso township in Kayah state on May 7. Fighting has flared following a military coup in February 2021 as established ethnic rebel groups in border areas, and "People's Defence Forces" across the country, have sprung up to fight junta troops. | Mizzima - Myanmar News - English Edition

Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission pledges to tighten security ahead of elections scheduled to start December 28. The military sparked a civil war by snatching power in a 2021 coup, jailing vastly popular democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But the military has pledged new polls will be an off-ramp to the fighting, even if international monitors have described the vote as a ploy to legitimise continuing military rule. | Mizzima - Myanmar News - English Edition