Myanmar continues to struggle, no matter how much the international community wishes that the situation will improve. Hundreds of militant ethnic fighters and civilian refugees fled across the frontier, where the Chinese bundled them into temporary shelters. Leading the attacks along the Chinese border were the powerful Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and smaller Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (Kokang Chinese), Ta’ang National Liberation Army and Arakan Army. The armed ethnic groups in Myanmar meanwhile suffer from a lack of strong, capable leaders who can maintain the respect and trust of their own people and the world community. Amid scapegoats and suffering, reprisals and recriminations, the Myanmar generals carry on their bloody war, unwilling to surrender their wasteful all-or-nothing mentality.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 23, 2016 00:26 UTC