MYANMAR people are queuing up to visit Mae Sai in Chaing Rai province from Tachileik in Shan state with the reopening of First Friendship Bridge yesterday (Feb 20) and it is expected that the cross-border trade and tourism will generate 10 billion baht a year, Naewna newspaper said today. Ms. Phakaimas Viera, president of
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Buildings set ablaze in clash at Myanmar town near border
FIVE buildings were set on fire at the Myanmar town of Payathonzu which is opposite the Thai town of Sangkhla Buri in Kanchanaburi as clashes between Myanmar government troops and fighters believed to be from Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) raged from last evening to late night, Thai Rath newspaper said this morning (Jan.
Read moreMalaysia gears up to impose stricter border measures amid Covid outbreak in China
By Bernama and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s health ministry (MOH) is prepared to tighten health checks as part of its pandemic border policies, with the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China. Health Minister Dr. Zaliha Mustafa said her ministry was taking seriously the concerns of people regarding the increase in Covid-19
Read moreIndia reports injuries on both sides in border clash with China
New Delhi – Indian troops prevented Chinese soldiers from entering Indian territory on Dec, 9 during a border scuffle that led to injuries on both sides, India’s defence minister said on Tuesday (Dec. 13), in the first such clash since 2020 between the Asian giants. The incident occurred in the Tawang sector of India’s
Read moreBorder Patrol policeman kills colleague in Khon Kaen
A BORDER PATROL policeman who shot dead a colleague at the Khon Kaen headquarters this morning (Dec. 5) was shot in the thigh and taken to the hospital after refusing to surrender, Sanook.com said. Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppakao Somanat, commander of Khon Kaen provincial police who led a team of policeman to the scene
Read moreIndia, China to withdraw from disputed border area by Sept. 12
By Reuters and published by CNA New Delhi – Indian and Chinese soldiers will disengage at a disputed area along a remote western Himalayan border by Sept. 12, India’s foreign ministry said on Friday (Sept. 9), after more than two years of a standoff following a deadly clash. The disengagement, which comes after several
Read moreMyanmar MiG-29 fighter jet strafes Karen positions again but no intrusion
MYANMAR junta sent its MiG-29 fighter jet to strafe Karen insurgent positions across the border from Popphra district of Tak province nine times this morning (July 1) but did not intrude into Thai airspace, Matichon newspaper said. Reporters at this border district said by 11 a.m. the Myanmar fighter jet had made nine strafing runs
Read moreMyanmar junta keeps Chiang Rai-Tachileik checkpoint shut
DESPITE Thailand being ready to reopen the Thai-Myanmar checkpoint in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province from today (June 1) onwards the Myanmar government still kept it locked with this seen being due to a lack of officials and concern about the resistance movement, Naewna newspaper said. Reporters at the border saw that the
Read moreMyanmar-Karenni troops clash near Thai border
CLASHES are taking place between Myanmar army and Karenni fighters just five kilometres from Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son province causing fear to spread among Thai residents living in this area, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (May 15). At 9.40 a.m. Mr. Pongpeera Chuchuen, Mae Hong Son district chief, received a report from the
Read moreCustomer shot dead in Tak gold shop robbery
THREE armed robbers killed a customer at a gold shop in Tak province and fled towards the Thai-Myanmar border with over a hundred baht weight of gold jewellery this afternoon (Feb. 12), Amarin TV said. At around 1 p.m. today Phob Phra police station was alerted of the robbery at Krung Thep 4 gold
Read moreMyanmar refugees dash to Mae Sot as junta jets bomb their villages
MYANMAR junta launched airstrikes at villages just across the border from Mae Sot district leading to urgent evacuation in the middle of last night with this following at least six ground raids at Karen National Union (KNU) occupied areas the previous day, Matichon and Sanook.com said today (Dec. 24). The aerial assault that started
Read moreGovt moves to reopen Thai-Malaysian border checkpoints on Dec. 16
A SPOKESPERSON for the Prime Minister’s Office said today (Nov. 28) the government has set a goal to reopen checkpoints along the Thai-Malaysian border on Dec. 16 as urged by MPs so as to revive tourism, Amarin TV said. Ms. Ratchada Thanadirek, deputy spokesperson at the Prime Minister’s Office, said the reopening of these
Read moreKarens: Fighting still raging despite Myanmar junta extending ceasefire
WHILE Myanmar’s military government has extended its unilateral monthlong ceasefire by another another month till May 31, 2011, the Karen insurgents said today (May 2) that fighting between the two sides is still continuing, TV Channel 7 said On Friday Myanmar’s Supreme Command announced the extension of the ceasefire so that the State Administration Council
Read moreThousands of Myanmar villagers ‘poised to flee violence to Thailand’
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN News Mae Sariang, Mae Hong Son province -Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a February 1 coup. Karen rebels and
Read morePM: Supplies going across the border on humanitarian grounds
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (March 22) that supplies going across the Thai-Myanmar border, shown in published photos, are being channeled on humanitarian principles and also is a matter of security, Siam Rath said. Gen. Prayut mentioned that this is a different case from what occurred a few decades ago when there were both
Read moreLadakh: China reveals soldier deaths in India border clash
By BBC CHINA has for the first time revealed that four of its soldiers died during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in June last year. The men died after fighting “foreign troops” who “crossed into the Chinese border”, said Chinese state media. The skirmish had taken place in the Galwan Valley in
Read moreVietnamese workers caught after sneaking across from Malaysia
A GROUP of 13 Vietnamese men and women who had sneaked across the border from Malaysia were arrested this afternoon (Dec. 16) at an abandoned house in Narathiwat province, Thai Rath newspaper reported. Upon being alerted by Mr. Narong Awasimae, a village headman in Pase Mat sub-district, Su-ngai Kolok district, that some foreign workers were
Read moreIllegal border crossings still taking place despite tight control
EVEN though no new domestic Covid-19 cases emerged over the past 24 hours people from neighbouring countries continue to sneak across the border with 11 Myanmar nationals arrested at Mae Sot district of Tak province while six Vietnamese were caught just as they crossed over from Cambodia to Sa Kaeo province, Thai Rath newspaper and
Read moreDoctor points to illegal border crossings at Thai-Cambodian border
WITH THE whole country worried about Covid-19 cases rising after some Thais sneaked back from Myanmar’s Tachileik border town to Mae Sai district in Chiang Rai province, the owner of the popular Doctor Panda Lab webpage today (Dec. 11) drew attention to illegal border crossings at eastern Chanthaburi province, Sanook.com reported. Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a
Read more4 Thai men, 2 Myanmar women caught sneaking into Mae Sot
SOLDIERS from the 4th Infantry Regiment who are keeping a tight control of the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sot district of Tak province today (Dec. 5) caught four Thai men and two Myanmar women just as they had slipped through the border, Amarin TV reported this evening. While patrolling Tha Sai Luat sub-district of this
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