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Myanmar military claims recapture of Thai border town

May 20, 2026 admin

Border region between Thailand, left. Myanmar, centre, and Laos, right. File | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s military claimed on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) to have recaptured a town on the Thai border, expanding the frontier trade crossings it claims to control in the grinding civil war. The southern Myanmar border town of Mawtaung is a…

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

April 20, 2024 admin

People cross the Moei river as they flee Myawaddy township in Myanmar to Thailand’s Mae Sot town in Thailand’s Tak Province on April 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP About 1,300 people have fled from eastern Myanmar into Thailand, officials said on April 20, as fresh fighting erupted at a border town that has recently…

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