Myanmar junta forces retake key town on trade route to China

Myanmar junta recaptures town on China trade route

There were 28 clashes and “engagements” in the two weeks leading up to the town's recapture. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar junta says it’s back in control of Hsipaw, key trade route town near China border

YANGON, Oct 18 — Myanmar’s ruling junta said Saturday that it had recaptured a town on a trade highway to China from an ethnic armed group in the country’s war-wracked north.Following a 16-day operation, “on 16 October, Tatmadaw reoccupied Hsipaw completely,” the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said, referring to the military by its Burmese name.Northern Shan state has been rocked by fighting since June 2024 when an alliance of e…

Myanmar junta forces retake key town on trade route to China

After a 16-day offensive, Myanmar’s military says it has fully reoccupied Hsipaw, on the main road from Mandalay to the Chinese border.