Foreigners, aid workers moved to safety from Myanmar fighting

Hundreds of foreigners working in Myanmar, including U.N. agency staff, have been moved to safety as an insurgency against military rule gathers pace, opponents of the junta said on Monday.
An alliance of ethnic minority insurgents allied with a pro-democracy parallel civilian government launched an offensive late last month in the biggest challenge to the ruling military since it seized power from elected leaders in a 2021 coup.
Hundreds of foreigners, most from neighbouring countries, have been trapped by the fighting, particularly in Shan State on the northeastern border with China and Kayah State, on the eastern border with Thailand.
China said on Monday it was helping foreigners to get out of Myanmar and it told its nationals to relocate from areas of conflict.
Myanmar’s civilian government-in-exile said anti-junta forces in Kayah State had paused their offensive to allow 228 aid workers, including U.N. staff, to be leave Loikaw, the state capital, after fighting there.