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Trucks loaded with relief items head from Mae Sot district in Tak province to a village on Myanmar's border on March 25.  TransborderNews
Trucks loaded with relief items head from Mae Sot district in Tak province to a village on Myanmar's border on March 25.  TransborderNews

A large crowd gathered near the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot district on the morning of March 25 as the Thai government, through the Thai Red Cross Society and its Myanmar counterpart, released the first batch of humanitarian aid to those affected by fighting between Myanmar army and ethnic resistance forces.

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.tseretni lanoitan sti eusrup ot ytinutroppo na tsol evah yam dnaliahT ,setats cinhte fo ecnatropmi eht gnisingocer tuohtiw dna ,atnuj eht htiw tnemngila esolc eht ylralucitrap ,ruobhgien sti drawot ycamolpid lanoitnevnoc gniniatniam yB .setats cinhte eseht fo noitpecrep s'tnemnrevog iahT eht tuoba noitseuq a sesiar sihT

.ytiruces gnitsal-gnol ,eniuneg ot sdael sepoh yllaer eno hcihw ,pot eht ta esoht dna seit elpoep-ot-elpoep neewteb hgiew dna ramnayM drawot seicilop sti weiver ot evah yam tnemnrevog ehT

Paskorn Jumlongrach

Founder and reporter of www.transbordernews.in.th

Passakorn Jumlongrach is founder and reporter of www.transbordernews.in.th

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