Northern offensive brings ‘new energy’ to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

The Bamar People's Liberation Army has also joined the ethnic armed groups fighting the military in the north [Source: BPLA]

A week ago, one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed alliances launched a coordinated attack on a dozen military outposts in northern Shan State, along the country’s eastern border with China.

Code-named Operation 1027, the plan is to assert and defend territory against Myanmar military incursions, eradicate “oppressive military dictatorship”, and combat online fraud along the border, according to a statement from its organisers, the Three Brotherhood Alliance.