THAI soldiers and police beefed up security in risky areas of Mae Sot border town after two explosions, one of them a car bomb, rocked Myanmar’s Myawaddy town which is just across the Moei river last night (Oct. 15), Naewna newspaper said today. First to go off was a car bomb near Myanmar’s permanent
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All quiet after Myanmar junta’s armed helicopters attack Karen position
MYANMAR junta forces sent two armed helicopters to attack a Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) position and three villages from 1. 30 p.m. onwards yesterday (Dec. 27) but the battlefield turned quiet after 4 p.m., Sanook.com this afternoon. Mainly soldiers were injured in the aerial attack but some civilians also died and got injured after
Read more4 temporary shelters opened for Myanmar refugees as new clashes erupt
FOUR temporary shelters have been opened in Mae Sot district to accommodate over 5,000 refugees who fled the heavy fighting across the border in Kayin state with a new round of clashes between Myanmar junta forces and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldiers having broken out early this morning (Dec. 27), Sanook.com said. Security
Read moreTruce halts battle between Myanmar junta troops and Karen fighters
GUNS fell silent in Myawaddy, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot district, today (Dec.18) after Myanmar junta troops and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) fighters agreed to a temporary ceasefire stopping a battle that raged for three days, Thai Rath newspaper said. Preliminary reports indicated that 20 Myanmar junta troops and members of the Border Guard Forces
Read moreFacebook videos capture shots at Myanmar protests demanding release of Aung San Suu Kyi
(Yangon) Footage has emerged of onlookers ducking for cover as shots are fired at protests in a town in Myanmar’s southeast against a military coup, demanding the release of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Live videos posted to Facebook on Sunday afternoon show people hiding as armed, uniformed soldiers move up the street to
Read moreWarning shots fired at protesters in Myawaddy, 6 arrested
A TENSE confrontation between anti-coup protesters and Myanmar police today (Feb. 7) at Myawaddy town, just across the river from Thai Mae Sot town, ended after police fired warning shots and then moved in to arrest them with six rounded up so far, Sanook.com reported. Those rallying on Myawaddy’s streets called for the release
Read moreMyanmar boy infected with Covid-19 crossed over by natural route
THE two-year-old Myanmar boy who was found to be infected with Covid-19 at Myawaddy town, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, on Sunday September 13 after departing Thailand on September 4 did not go across via the official checkpoint but through one of 50 natural channels, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 16,
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