Over 200 people flee Myanmar to Thailand: Thai officials


BANGKOK: Around 200 ethnic Karen people fled fighting in Myanmar and crossed the border into Thailand, Thai border officials said on Saturday (April 19).

Fighting has been raging in Myanmar's eastern Karen state, which borders Thailand, with local ethnic militias battling the military junta that seized power in a 2021 coup.

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