Kachin ethnic minority rebels in war-torn northern Myanmar accused the military of launching a fresh attack, just days after a ceasefire pledge by the country's reformist govt.
The clashes came despite a new offer by President Thein Sein of peace talks to end Myanmar's last active civil war, which has marred widespread optimism about the regime's dramatic political reforms. They're still fighting," said James Lum Dau, the Thailand-based spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organisation.”