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US sanctions Myanmar arms broker linked to North Korea weapons network
Royal Shune Lei was previously accused of facilitating arms transfers from North Korea in 2022, in violation of UN sanctions
Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and People’s Defence Team under the command of the National Unity Government are among those who have changed sides this month
According to accounts from villagers who found the bodies, soldiers fatally shot a monk who had remained behind in a mostly evacuated village before killing a mother and her two children, whom they found sheltering on the village’s outskirts
The Shanni Nationalities Army, an ethnic armed group aligned with Myanmar’s military, lost control of the town in northern Sagaing Region last weekend
Royal Shune Lei was previously accused of facilitating arms transfers from North Korea in 2022, in violation of UN sanctions
The victims, all civilians, were just the latest to be killed in Tha Min Chan, a village that has been a frequent target of such attacks