TAK: More than 1,000 people fled across the border into Tak’s Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts on Thursday as fighting continued nearby between Myanmar government troops and Karen fighters.
The Myanmar military and Karen National Liberation Army are involved in a fierce struggle around villages in the Kokko special economic zone. The villages are opposite Ban Wang Takhian Tai village in Mae Sot district and Ban Wang Pha village in Mae Ramat district of Tak.
On Thursday morning the two sides fired mortar shells and rocket-propelled grenades at close range. Officials said there were a lot…
