Hundreds were killed as the Burmese junta bombed villages along the border with Thailand.

More than 100 civilians were killed in clashes between the Burmese army and resistance forces since March, local media The Irawaddy reported.

The skirmishes continued to rage as the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) bombed an army base in Dawei on April 22.

The KNLA reportedly deployed drones to fire 120mm mortars, while the Myanmar Army retaliated with similar airstrikes.

Thai officials said they asked Myanmar soldiers to refrain from dropping bombs near the border area, but the request was allegedly ignored.

More than 450 Burmese refugees crossed the border to Thailand's Kanchanaburi province to escape.

Thai soldiers, rangers, and police were stationed to provide security along 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'.