Lay Kay Kaw
လေးကေ့ကော် | |
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![]() Lay Kay Kaw Myothit | |
Coordinates: 16°35′57″N 98°31′27″E / 16.599205000403824°N 98.52423176384484°E | |
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District | Myawaddy |
Founded | 2015 |
Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Lay Kay Kaw Myothit (Burmese: လေးကေ့ကော်မြို့သစ်; lit. 'Lay Kay Kaw New Town') is a town in Myawaddy Township, Kayin State in southeastern Myanmar. Nine miles in the south of Myawaddy, it is close to the border with Thailand.[1]
In recognition of the Burmese military's negotiations with Karen National Union,[2] the oldest ethnic armed organization in the country,[3] Lay Kay Kaw was built as a "town of peace"[4] in 2015.[5][6]