DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said upon getting ready to go to Mae Sot district, which is directly opposite Myawaddy where Karen National Union (KNU) and their allies and Myanmar junta have been fighting, that it is unlikely the clashes will spill over to the Thai side, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr.
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Over a hundred injured in Myawaddy fighting treated in Tak province so far: Chonlanan
PUBLIC Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew said in Mae Sot town today (Aug. 22) that after fierce fighting broke out across the border in Myawaddy last Saturday Apr. 20 altogether 113 Myanmar citizens have been treated at various hospitals in Tak province with many of them now discharged because they had suffered minor injuries, Amarin
Read moreFighting escalates in Myawaddy with many wounded people crossing over to Thai side
THE FIGHTING between Karen National Union (KNU) and its ally People’s Defence Force (PDF) and Myanmar junta has now spread to several locations in Myawaddy district, just across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot district, with many wounded Myanmar nationals brought over for medical treatment at Mae Sot Hospital, Amarin TV said today (Apr.
Read moreBullets from fighting in Myawaddy fly across the border to the Thai side
THE FIERCE fighting in Myawaddy district, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot district, between ethnic minority fighters and Myanmar junta soldiers holding out near the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship after their base fell earlier this month has begun to affect Thais with bullets flying across the border and one hitting a resident’s window, Naewna
Read moreAnti-junta fighters mount attack on Myanmar junta soldiers holding out in Myawaddy
OVER 200 Myawaddy residents fled across the border to adjoining Thai Mae Sot town after ethnic minority fighters launched an attack on Myanmar junta soldiers holding out in this border district at 6 a.m. this morning (Apr. 20), Amarin TV said. Around 200 Tatmadaw Infantry Battalion 275 and front section of Light Infantry Battalion
Read more80 million baht in cash seized from hybrid scam gang at border
CYBER CRIME and Border Patrol police seized 80 million baht in cash linked to a hybrid scam gang that was being taken to the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Apr. 17), TV Channel 7 said. At the order of Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau chief Pol. Lt. Gen Worawat Watnakornbancha,
Read moreKaren rebels say they have repelled junta push to take back Myawaddy
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Mae Sot – A resistance group fighting Myanmar’s military rule said on Sunday (Apr.14) its fighters had repelled an attempt by junta troops to advance on the key town of Myawaddy along the Thai border that was seized by the rebels last week. Reinforcements of junta forces have
Read moreMyawaddy checkpoint temporarily opened to let Thai trucks return
ALTHOUGH the situation along the Thai-Myanmar border is still tense after anti-junta forces took control of Myawaddy town which just across the river from Thai Mae Sot town those in charge out there did today (Apr. 12) temporarily open the second permanent border checkpoint to allow Thai trucks to return home, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreThai F-16s could intercept Myanmar MiG-29s in 5 minutes: Air Force Chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI F-16A/B FIGHTERS could practically intercept any Myanmar MiG-29 jets which might possibly intrude into Thai air space from inside the war-torn country in five minutes, said Thai Air Force Chief ACM Panpakdee Pattanakul today (Apr. 11). The F-16A/B Fighting Falcon jets from Wing 4 in Takhli are currently on
Read moreMyanmar junta troops flee as Karens, allies seize last base in Myawaddy
MYANMAR junta’s last stronghold in Myawaddy, Infantry Battalion 275 Pha Song base, fell to the fighters of Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and their allies after heavy attack with around 200 soldiers having fled to take shelter opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot district, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Apr. 11). At 5 a.m.fighters from 28th,
Read moreThai F-16s conduct air patrols as Myanmar MiG-29s attack Karen fighters
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI AIR FORCE’S F-16A/B fighters have conducted regular air patrols along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district of Tak to literally deter possible infringement of the Myanmar air force’s MiG-29 Fulcrum jets into Thai air space. The MiG-29s have reportedly conducted air-to-surface strikes on Karen National Liberation Army
Read moreKarens, allies mount attack on junta’s base in Myawaddy
AFTER talks between Karens and their allies and Myanmar junta’s Infantry Battalion 275 holding out at their last base in Myawaddy town, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot town, failed to make headway for three days the former launched an attack on the latter’s stronghold last night, Naewna and Matichon newspapers said today (April 10). Thai
Read moreKarenni Army mounts fierce attack on town opposite Mae Hong Son
AFTER Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters almost fully seized Myawaddy town, oppositie Thailand’s Mae Sot town, with one Myanmar junta battalion holding out, the Karenni Army (KA) and their allies stepped up their attacks at two townships and Pha Song town opposite Mae Hong Son province’s Mueang district, Naewna
Read moreMyanmar junta used chartered plane to fly cash from Mae Sot to Yangon
AFTER Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters yesterday (Apr. 7) captured Myawaddy town, just across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, Myanmar authorities used a chartered plane to fly things, believed to be cash, plus officials from Mae Sot airport to Yangon with Thai government’s permission , Thai Rath and
Read more400 Myanmar junta troops surrender in capture of Myawaddy
AROUND 400 Myanmar junta troops surrendered together with their weapons to Karen National Union (KNU) and People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters after they completely captured Myawaddy town, which is opposite the Thai town of Mae Sot, Naewna newspaper said this morning (Apr. 8). Meanwhile up in the north Kachin Independence Army (KIA) now holds
Read moreMyanmar military loses border town in another big defeat
By Jonathan Head,BBC THE military regime which seized power in Myanmar three years ago has suffered another big defeat, this time on the eastern border with Thailand. Troops had suffered weeks of attacks by ethnic Karen insurgents, allied with other anti-coup forces. Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of Myawaddy,opposite Thailand’s Mae
Read moreTight security in Mae Sot after two explosions in Myawaddy
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
Read moreAll 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
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