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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar government forces launched airstrikes against ethnic minority...

Photo courtesy Friends Without Borders Foundation Hundreds of Thai villagers who live along Thailand’s border with Myanmar were evacuated to safe areas after Karen rebels attacked a Burmese army outpost near the frontier on Tuesday, the governor of Mae Hong Song province said. The borderland residents were moved to an area farther inside Thai territory where they could shelter, amid reports of fresh fighting between the Myanmar government forces and Karen rebels, who claimed they seized a military base early Tuesday.  “About 450 villagers in Mae Sam Lab were evacuated to sa...

SMOKE rises from the Myanmar army camp, near the border with Thailand.—AP BANGKOK: Ethnic Karen guerillas said they captured a Myanmar army base on Tuesday near the border with Thailand, representing a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover of the country’s civilian government in February. Myanmar’s military staged air strikes several hours later on villages in territory controlled by the Karen forces, said a guerilla spokesman, a senior Thai official and a relief worker. A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority’s main political group seeking...

REFILE-Myanmar's war displaces new generation on remote river frontier Reuters 2 hrs ago By Panu Wongcha-um MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand, April 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar's coup has brought war back to a remote Southeast Asian frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs. Ethnic Karen insurgents and the Myanmar army have engaged in heavy clashes near the Thai border in the weeks since the Feb. 1 coup, when Myanmar's generals ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi. The Karen a...

Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory Toggle share menu Advertisement Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory The  Karen National Union's (KNU) Fifth Brigade on Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021, attacked and razed an army base right by the Salween River - which demarcates a border between Thailand and Myanmar - and the military retaliated with air offensives. (File photo: AFP/Handout) 28 Apr 2021 08:48PM Share this content Bookmark YANGON: Myanmar's military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territ...