Apr 12, 2024 · About 200 soldiers abandoned their base in the southeastern town of Myawaddy and have been pushed to the No 2. Friendship Bridge linking Myanmar to Thailand following an attack Wednesday night by...

Apr 6, 2024 · Hundreds of troops guarding the vital border town of Myawaddy have now agreed to surrender. Most of Myanmar's overland trade with Thailand passes through Myawaddy.

May 1, 2024 · A sanctioned strongman and the ‘fall’ of Myanmar’s Myawaddy. The key border town was ‘liberated’ by Myanmar’s anti-coup fighters, but the story was far more complex than many realised.

Oct 22, 2024 · The Myanmar junta’s military is fortifying Karen State’s Myawaddy town, a major trading hub on the border with Thailand, deploying more troops there ahead of expected resistance attacks.

Apr 23, 2024 · Myawaddy, the biggest border trade post with Thailand, was liberated on April 10 when the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and allied People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) seized the last remaining junta base after Battalion 275 troops fled.

Mar 12, 2024 · Around 200 civilians in the village of Thingan Nyi Naung, in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township, remained trapped on Monday as fighting between the junta and forces under the Karen National Union (KNU) intensified.

Apr 11, 2024 · Myanmar has been in turmoil after the military deposed an elected civilian government in a 2021 coup, sparking a nationwide armed resistance that is now operating alongside some long-established ethnic rebel groups.

Oct 5, 2022 · Eight Indian nationals, victims of a scam centre in Hpa Lu, Myawaddy, were successfully rescued and handed over to Myanmar police and immigration authorities yesterday. Four members of the...

Apr 24, 2024 · News Video Reports Rebel group says it has withdrawn troops from Thai-Myanmar border town of Myawaddy

Apr 8, 2024 · Myanmar’s military appears to have abandoned the strategically important border town of Myawaddy on the eastern border with Thailand, after a sustained assault by an alliance of anti-coup...