A protester carries a placard in support of the newly formed National Unity Government during a demonstration in Yangon's Thingangyun Township on April 30. (AFP)
A protester carries a placard in support of the newly formed National Unity Government during a demonstration in Yangon's Thingangyun Township on April 30. (AFP)

Unity govt announces ‘people’s defence force’

The underground National Unity Government has announced its own anti-junta armed force as a precursor to a "federal union army".

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