Rebuilding from the Thailand-Myanmar border: Thapyay’s journey of courage and new beginnings

An anti-junta educator rebuilds her life in exile

Originally published on Global Voices

At the end of 2022, Thapyay and her family crossed the border into Mae Sot, seeking safety. Photo from Exile Hub, content partner of Global Voices. Used with permission.

On the Thai-Myanmar border, many lives are quietly being rebuilt.

Since the military junta launched a coup against the Myanmar government in February 2021, an estimated 3.7 million people have been internally displaced...