Thailand’s military has stepped up security on its side of the border.
At least 2,000 people have been displaced within Myanmar by the latest round of fighting between rebels and the military.
The retreat of junta troops in Myawaddy, which is adjacent to Thailand’s Mae Sot, signals the potential loss of another key border trading outpost that has direct highway access to parts of central Myanmar. Border crossings in the area were open for civilians who have been coming into Thailand from Myanmar in large numbers, said police colonel Borwornphop Soontornlekha, superintendent of immigration in the Thai province of Tak, where Mae Sot is located.
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