The Royal Thai Army stated on Thursday that it fired “warning shots” across the border into Myanmar after a Thai woman was injured by artillery and hospitalized in Thailand’s Mae Sot District one day after 200 Mae Sot residents demanded protection from the government after an unknown number of them had been injured by stray bullets.
A Myanmar migrant in Mae Sot told DVB on the condition of anonymity that the artillery shell was fired from Karen State during fighting between regime forces and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in southern Myawaddy Township’s Minletpan village, which was seized from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) on Nov. 21, 2025.
Thai soldiers have been deployed along the Mae Sot side of the 1,501 mile (2,415 km) Thailand-Myanmar border throughout October. Myawaddy is located 81 miles (130 km) east of the state capital Hpa-An.
“Following an incident involving an ongoing clash between Myanmar military troops and armed groups/resistance forces, the fighting has continued in the area of Ban Mae La Ma Luang, Myanmar, causing bullets to cross into Thailand,” the Thai Army stated on Oct. 26.
Fighting between the KNLA and regime forces over control of Mintlepan began in November 2025 after it was seized from the pro-regime DKBA.
At least one resident of Hpapun (Mutraw) Township’s Mae Nu Hta village, located in Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 5 territory, was reportedly killed by an airstrike on Oct. 25.
Hpapun, located 110 miles (177 km) north of Hpa-An, was seized by the KNLA from regime forces in March 2024. The KNU told DVB that nearly 2,000 regime troops have launched a counteroffensive to regain control of the town on May 5.
The KNU, which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with then President Thein Sein on Oct. 15, 2015, called it “null and void” after the 2021 military coup.
