Myanmar’s military says it has recaptured Mawtaung, a town on the Thai border, according to state media reports cited by multiple outlets. The claim, made on Wednesday, would extend the area of frontier trade crossings that the military says it controls amid the country’s ongoing civil war that began after the military’s 2021 coup. Mawtaung is described as a smaller trading post, with Myanmar official statistics placing its freight throughput at about $26.7 million in the 2023–24 financial year. One outlet adds that taking the town would represent another gain for the military, following a series of recent advances against ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy forces that have been fighting the military since the coup. The reports focus on the military’s assertion and the town’s economic role as a border transit point, without presenting independent verification or detailed information about how the fighting unfolded. The situation on the ground remains part of a broader, contested conflict along Myanmar’s border regions.