YANGON (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridges in Tak’s Mae Sot district if Thailand suspends electricity supplies to the casino town of Shwe Kokko in Karen state.
Up to 100 people, including children, were killed in a junta airstrike in the Sagaing area of northwest Myanmar on Tuesday, according to media reports.
As Thais celebrate Songkran this week, many of our neighbours in Myanmar are facing agony as their junta government ramps up airstrikes on armed rebel bases along the border.
TAK: About 12,000 Myanmar refugees left this border province for their homeland in Myawaddy this week after they had taken shelter on the Thai soil over the past week, according to the Thai army.
TAK: Local authorities have been visiting displaced people sheltering close to the border to follow up on efforts to manage refugees after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military flared up last week.