Embattled Myanmar junta evacuates personnel via Thailand

The losses in Myanmar’s Kayin state are the latest among a string of defeats that have forced the military regime to cede control. - AFP

BANGKOK: Thailand granted permission to the Myanmar junta on April 7 to run a special flight evacuating its personnel after hundreds of troops near the strategic Myanmar border trading hub of Myawaddy surrendered to resistance forces.

The losses in Myanmar’s Kayin state are the latest in a string of defeats since October 2023 that forced the military regime – which seized power through a 2021 coup – to cede control in key border areas such as Rakhine state and Shan state.