By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER checkpoints are not going to reopen for cross-border trading at any time soon despite sustained calls for it from the business sector, confirmed Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Sep.15). Given the fact that many areas along the shared border in four northeastern provinces and three eastern provinces of
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Two more checkpoints likely to be shut after closure of Buriram crossing
THAI Second Army Region Commander Lt. Gen. Boonsin Phadklang is gearing up to sign an order indefinitely closing two more border checkpoints after shutting Chong Sai Taku crossing in Buriram province this morning (June 22), Amarin TV said. This step was considered after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet followed suit and permanently shut two
Read moreClosing 5 key Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints will pile up 170 billion baht losses
AN INITIAL estimate of damage from possible closure of five key Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints is that this would be as high as 174.53 billion baht based on Customs Department’s total trade value last year, TV Channel 7 and Daily News newspaper said. The Commerce Ministry’s Foreign Trade Department said the checkpoint that registered the
Read moreThais rush back from Poipet after news of border checkpoint closing spreads
A LOT of Thais working at Cambodia’s Poipet border town, just opposite Rong Kluea market in Aranyaprathet subdistrict, Sa Kaeo province, rushed to pack their bags and cross back to Thailand after news spread that Ban Klong Luek border checkpoint would be closed at 2 p.m. today (June 7), Amarin TV said. As a
Read moreThai-Cambodian border will only be closed in case of high risk: Thai army
THE THAI army this afternoon (May 31) said closure of Thai-Cambodian border is part of the plan in the event of high risk affecting national security, including use of long-range weapons, but right now there is only a problem in some border areas, Neawna newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvari, the army spokesman, said
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 moreAlcohol checkpoints make a comeback – D-Day April 1
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk today (March 23) issued an order for all police stations in Bangkok to again start setting up checkpoints from April 1 onwards, Amarin TV said. All the police stations were ordered to work out a plan on the locations of the checkpoints, the policemen who will be manning
Read moreCheckpoints stay in place to monitor security despite curfew ending
METROPOLITAN Police Bureau is transforming its 88 curfew checkpoints to ones monitoring security and preventing crime now that night curfew has ended with this effective from 11 p.m. last night (June 14), INN News reported this morning. Pol Maj Gen Nitinan Petchabarom, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told this online news site that
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