The Royal Thai Airforce said the Burmese military aircraft did not breach Thailand’s airspace, following reports of the military junta launching airstrikes on a rebel-controlled region near the Thai border last week. The military regime ousted a civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in a February coup, sparking protests and clashes between the army and ethnic minority insurgents such as the Karen National Union (KNU), in border areas of Burma, also known as Myanmar. Armed conflicts between the KNU and the military regime had recently escalated, prompting thousands of villagers to flee and seek shelter in Thailand. About 3,400 people sought shelter in Thailand last week, with thousands more stranded on Burma’s border, Thai authorities said. The KNU alleged that the military launched two airstrikes and fired artillery rounds on an area controlled by the KNU near the Thai border, calling for the international community to …