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Alert sounds over cholera outbreak in Myanmar
News, Post Reporters, Published on 24/12/2024
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has ordered surveillance measures to be stepped up along the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak following a cholera outbreak in Myanmar.
Thai army warns southerners against illegal border crossings
Online Reporters, Published on 23/12/2024
» The southern army chief has warned people living along the border not to cross illegally into Malaysia, because authorities there are enforcing strict controls.
Drug smugglers change tactics
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 18/12/2024
» Authorities are tightening drug suppression efforts along the border with Myanmar after finding new tricks used to facilitate its transportation.
PMs bolster Thai-Malaysia ties
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 17/12/2024
» Thailand and Malaysia aim to achieve bilateral trade of US$30 billion (1 trillion baht) by 2027, with the two nations agreeing to enhance economic cooperation in key areas such as trade and investment, border connectivity, and tourism.
Kanchanaburi seeks reopening of border pass
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/11/2024
» Officials in Kanchanaburi province hope the Ban Phu Nam Ron border pass can be reopened by the New Year to boost cross-border trade, employment and investment between Thailand and Myanmar.
Malaysia to deploy elite force on Thai border to combat crime
Online Reporters, Published on 26/11/2024
» Malaysia will assign a special force to take the lead in guarding the border with Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district from Sunday as the neighbouring country takes serious action against smuggling and other cross-border crimes.
Foreigners flee Myanmar scam gang into Thailand's Mae Sot
Post Reporters, Published on 25/11/2024
» TAK: Thirty-nine foreign nationals who claimed to be victims of a call centre gang were rescued Monday morning by Thai authorities during a border patrol operation.
Aung Ko Ko's death shines light on army impunity
News, Matthew Smith, Published on 25/11/2024
» In January this year, the bruised and bloody body of a Myanmar man named Aung Ko Ko was found near the bustling town of Mae Sot, Thailand -- just over the border from a deadly revolutionary war in Myanmar. But it wasn't armed conflict in Myanmar that claimed Aung Ko Ko's 37-year-old life. Evidence points to the Thai military.
Malaysia's security council to decide on border wall
Online Reporters, Published on 11/11/2024
» The decision whether to build a proposed border wall in Malaysia along the riverbank across from Narathiwat province in Thailand will be made by Malaysia's top national security body.
Thai tourism to Cambodia border island Koh Kut 'still OK': official
Online Reporters, Published on 10/11/2024
» TRAT: A senior tourism official on Sunday brushed aside claims that Koh Kut had seen a 30% hotel cancellation rate, saying the occupancy rate between Nov and Jan remained high, in a move to downplay concern over the island’s controversial border issue with Cambodia.