Burmese resistance forces continued their attacks on the military junta as hundreds of residents fled across the border to Thailand.

The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) conducted drone airstrikes on Burmese troops as they grappled for control of a military base near the Thai province of Tak, on March 5.

The Myanmar army reportedly responded by firing artillery and sending paratroopers to the area.

Thai authorities said soldiers and police were dispatched to secure the border as some 1,000 refugees crossed over to seek shelter in Thailand.

Skirmishes have been intermittently breaking out along the Thai-Myanmar border in recent weeks.

On March 2, the KNLA dropped bombs on a junta encampment just half a mile away from Tak province. On February 27, explosions rattled a school near the border.

Myanmar has fallen into civil war following the removal of democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, with a military coup in 2021.

Soldiers responded with barbaric force on protesting civilians leading to widespread condemnation and financial sanctions. Rebel groups and civilian militias around the country have since been locked in a series of ongoing clashes with the ruling military.

Aung San Suu Kyi has since been jailed for 33 years on politically motivated charges and is likely to die behind bars unless the army is toppled - a tragic end the politician hailed by Barack Obama as an 'inspirational icon of democracy'.