A pro-democracy activist undergoes military training at a Karen National Union camp in Kayin State in May 2021. (AFP)

‘I thought it was over for us’: Civilians trapped in the crossfire in Bago

A regime attack on a resistance-held village tract in Myanmar’s Bago Region in March took the lives of dozens, while anti-junta fighters had to make tough decisions to protect civilians.

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