The Mae Sot boundary post leading to the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, November 2022. (Frontier)

‘I miss home’: One couple’s story of crossing the border

A defecting soldier and a newly trained medic defied warnings against joining Myanmar’s armed resistance movement, finding love in a conflict zone before they were forced to flee the country.

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