KNU Hails Seizure of Myanmar Junta Base on Thai Border

The Karen National Union (KNU) and its allies seized Myanmar junta’s Hteekhee base on the Thai border in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, on Friday morning while regime troops participated in Russia’s 80th Victory Day military parade in Moscow.

It was the last junta base in Hteekhee, a border trade hub. The KNU lost the area to a previous military regime during a major offensive in 1997.

The two KNU’s armed wings, the Karen National Liberation Army and Karen National Defense Organization, led other resistance groups to overcome around 150 regime troops defending the base, according to the KNU.