Shrinking Myanmar military struggles to quash resistance

Active troops down by 21,000, analyst says, as violence escalates

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Myanmar's military may have as few as 70,000 combat troops, well below previous estimates in the hundreds of thousands, according to a report in May.

Nikkei staff writers

BANGKOK/YANGON -- Two months on from dissolving Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, Myanmar's military remains mired in a conflict with armed pro-democracy resistance groups amid a shifting balance of power that looks less tilted in the military's favor.

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