Myanmar Insurgent Forces Capture Naungcho Town

Ethnic minority insurgent forces, including the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), captured the junta's No. 606 Missile Battalion in Nawnghkio town, marking a significant victory against the military rule in Myanmar. The alliance of insurgent groups has seized multiple bases in northern Myanmar, creating challenges for the junta that took power in a 2021 coup. Clashes along the trade highway to China in northern Shan State have intensified, leading to the capture of Naungcho town by ethnic armed groups, further weakening the military's control in the region. The conflict underscores the long-standing struggle for autonomy and resources by ethnic armed groups in Myanmar's borderlands since independence from Britain in 1948.