A resistance fighter on January 8 walks on the debris of a monastery hit by regime airstrikes in Tanintharyi Region’s Mawdaung town. (Valeria Mongelli | Frontier)

Myanmar military claims recapture of Thai border town

Myanmar's military claimed on Wednesday to have recaptured a town on the Thai border, expanding the frontier trade crossings it claims to control in the grinding civil war.

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