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Kyaukme, a once-thriving city in Myanmar’s Shan state, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s deadly civil war because it sits at a key junction on a trade route. China,
Army allowed associated Press The photographer was to join a trip monitored by pro-military Myanmar media, the only representative of foreign media allowed to do so. The military does not allow a free press and prevents journalists from freely entering conflict areas.
The city has changed power twice since the military seized power in 2021.
An ethnic minority guerrilla group captured the city in August last year, but it fell back to the military government on October 1. The recapture of the city is a major victory for the government, with the resistance widely believed to have regained control of much of the country.
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