Latest--from Irrawaddy--Myawaddy, Thailand, Burma labor shortages--who would have guessed?

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/thailand-says-prepared-to-receive-100000-people-fleeing-myanmar.html

People have been fleeing since 1962, not just since 1988.

Myawaddy is Myanmar’s third-busiest land crossing to Thailand, according to the junta’s Commerce Ministry, with some US$1.1 billion in goods passing through it over the last 12 months.

Periodic surges in fighting along the long Thai-Myanmar border send scores of people temporarily fleeing to the kingdom, before returning. T

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ai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said on Tuesday morning that Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was concerned that the situation would worsen, referring to earlier clashes in the area.

On Tuesday, Thailand said it is prepared to accept 100,000 people fleeing Myanmar. Karen Ethnic Army Launches Final Push to Capture Myawaddy on Thai Border

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-labor-shortages-reported-as-residents-flee-junta-conscription.html

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4-9-2024