evidence: Three Pagodas Pass Border Gate reopened after two-month closure The Three Pagodas Pass border gate to Thailand at Payathonzu Town in Kyainseikgyi Township, Karen State was reopened, to pedestrian traffic only, on 18 August 2024, after having been shut for two months. [...] The junta-aligned Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) controls Kyainseikgyi Township in Karen State which includes the town of Payathonzu and the Three Pagodas Pass Border crossing.