Myawaddy, a strategically important town of 200,000 people, sits across from Thailand’s Mae Sot. The border crossing, which was under the control of the junta, is vital for trade, especially ...

BANGKOK — Guerrillas from the Karen ethnic minority on Thursday claimed to have captured the last of the army’s outposts in Myawaddy township in eastern Myanmar, virtually clearing the way for ...

Since Myawaddy’s capture early Thursday, the town has been calm and the streets quiet. Ko Myo Khaing, 34, a restaurant owner in Myawaddy, said government offices, banks and many shops were closed.

Thai military soldier keeps guard along the Moei river on the Thai side, under the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot in Thailand's Tak province on Friday, April 12, 2024.

The junta’s defeat in Myawaddy town on Myanmar’s eastern border follows previous territorial losses in the north along the Chinese border and in the western state of Rakhine, bordering Bangladesh.

The rebel-held city of Myawaddy, with a population of more than 200,000, lies just across the border from the Thai trade hub of Mae Sot, about 500 kilometres north-west of Bangkok.

Why the fall of Myawaddy, Myanmar’s ‘gateway’ to Thailand, is so important. Anti-coup fighters say they’ve taken control of the eastern border town, sending the last soldiers scurrying to ...

Resistance soldiers were forced to leave Myawaddy, a key trading center on the border with Thailand, weeks after capturing it. By Richard C. Paddock The Myanmar junta has recaptured the town of ...

Myawaddy, a strategically important town of 200,000 people, sits across from Thailand’s Mae Sot. The border crossing, which was under the control of the junta, is vital for trade, especially ...