Myanmar armed conflict: Peoples Defence Forces fight for Myawaddy town

Once members of a peaceful urban protest movement, its fighters are bearing the brunt of fighting around the strategic border town of Myawaddy. In the last of Al Jazeera’s special reports inside Myanmar, Tony Cheng looks at the Peoples Defence Force. Justine Chambers is a post-doctoral researcher with the Danish Institute for International Studies. She is also a specialist on authority and ethno-national conflict in Myanmar. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Myanmar #MyanmarArmy #MyanmarRebels #KarenNationalUnion #KarenNationalLiberationArmy #MyanmarPeoplesDefenceForce #Myawaddy #MyanmarThailandBorder #MyanmarCoup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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