Hundreds of people including children reportedly flee a flare-up in fighting between Myanmar's army and an ethnic minority insurgent group, taking refuge across the border in Thailand.
Hundreds of people including children have reportedly fled a flare-up in fighting between Myanmar's army and an ethnic minority insurgent group, taking refuge across the border in Thailand.Fighting has intensified recently in border areas between the army and insurgent groupsAbout 700 people had fled to the Thai town of Mae Sot after fighting between the Karen National Union and Myanmar's army, authorities in the western Thai border province of Tak said in a statement.
"We are providing food assistance working together with Thai authorities," Ye Min said by telephone, adding most of the displaced were from Lay Kay Kaw and other villages.Myanmar was plunged into turmoil when the military ousted a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering protests in cities and sporadic clashes in the countryside between anti-junta militia and the army.
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