Myanmar's war displaces new generation on remote river frontier

Villagers living near the Thailand-Myanmar border, who are fleeing from gunfire between ethnic minority Karen insurgents and Myanmar military sit at the Huay Kong Kad school, in the Thai border village of Mae Sam Laep, Thailand, April 27, 2021. - Reuters

MAE SAM LAEP, Thailand (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.

The Karen and other autonomy-seeking ethnic minority forces based in frontier regions have supported the largely urban-based pro-democracy opponents of the junta, offering refuge to some, and tension with the military has boiled up into new fighting.