Burmese Troops Try to Attack Refugees

Burmese soldiers crossed into Thailand in an attempt to raid a makeshift refugee camp housing thousands of ethnic Karens, but Thai troops halted the operation. About 2,300 refugees had taken shelter at an abandoned tin mine at Pu Nam Rawn, about 70 miles west of Bangkok, the Thai capital. The Burmese troops were repelled by a group of Thai self-defense volunteers. In the past week, the border has been transformed into the southern front of an offensive by Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to stamp out the Karen National Union.