Ministry of Foreign Affairs intensifies efforts to evacuate Thai nationals from Myanmar’s Laukkaing region

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https://www.pattayamail.com/

...Among those stranded, the ministry said 164 are under the care of Myanmar authorities, 18 are working in entertainment venues, and 32 have been released by their employers and are awaiting evacuation. Challenges, however, persist as 53 Thais remain unreleased by their employers, and 26 are unreachable...

Thais working in entertainment venues in a Myanmar (Burma) region?

I thought it was the other way around, the Burma girls coming to Thailand for same.

Maybe there's a lot of money in Laukkaing.

And "unreleased by their employers"? what? chained to posts?