evidence: Myanmar authorities have reopened the Nyaung Ben Dout border gate early this morning after authorities from both sides had closed the Thai-Myanmar border gates linking the Three Pagoda Pass area in Karen State, Myanmar with Kanchanaburi Province in Thailand. [...] Three Pagoda Pass town is located on the Thailand and Myanmar border, there is no territory demarcation between the countries. There are Mon, Karen, Burmese, Dawei. Laos (Shan) and a few Thai people live in the Three Pagoda Pass area. In addition to the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), there are the Karen National Union (KNU), Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), The Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army – Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) as well as ethnic armed organizations that have established their liaison offices in the Three Pagoda Pass Town.