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About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town

About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand due to fresh fighting at a border town captured by ethnic guerillas.
Thai officials reported the refugees crossing since Friday following clashes in Myawaddy.
The fall of Myawaddy is a setback for the military who seized power from Aung San Suu Kyi's government in 2021.

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Hawaii Tribune-Herald

About 1,300 people from Myanmar flee into Thailand after clashes broke out in a key border town - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

BANGKOK — About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently been captured by ethnic guerillas.

11 months ago

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Inquirer

Hundreds flee Myanmar border town to Thailand due to clashes

MAE SOT, Thailand – Hundreds of Myanmar civilians fled to western Thailand on April 20 after clashes broke out between Myanmar military and resistance forces near a bridge linking the two countries. The Second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge links the strategic border township of Myawaddy and Thailand’s Mae Sot district. The fighting erupted more than a week after ethnic armed group Karen National Union (KNU) and its allies overran Myanmar milita…

11 months ago·Manila, Philippines

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Jerusalem Post

Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border

Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses and Thailand's government sa

11 months ago·Jerusalem, Israel

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Sky News UK

Myanmar: Hundreds flee to Thailand as fresh fighting erupts between army and guerrillas near border

More than a thousand people fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand as fresh fighting erupted near a border town that was recently captured by ethnic Karen guerrillas and their allies, officials said.

11 months ago·United Kingdom

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