The Karen National Union said it expects as many as 7,000 to flee to its territory along the border with Thailand in the next month, where it says hundreds of activists and MPs have already decamped to since the February 1 coup.
Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing makes his first visit to Thailand as an ostensibly civilian leader on Thursday, as he seeks a return to the diplomatic fold for his pariah state.
BY AFP
