Myanmar confirms a key northeastern city on border with China has been seized by an ethnic alliance

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Myanmar’s military government has admitted that it withdrew its soldiers from a crucial city on the country’s northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups against which it had been fighting for months. The loss of Laukkaing late Thursday is the most significant in a string of defeats for Myanmar’s military administration since the ethnic coalition started an onslaught on 27 October. It highlights the government’s precarious position as it fights pro-democracy insurgents and ethnic minority armed groups across the nation in the aftermath of a military takeover in 2021. While ethnic...