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Thai border trade drops due to spats with Cambodia
Online Reporters, Published on 02/02/2026
» Thailand’s border trade with its immediate neighbours slid in 2025 due to armed clashes with Cambodia and internal conflicts in Myanmar.
War-torn Myanmar embraces solar to tackle power crisis
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2025
» When Thailand cut power supply to Myanmar across its western border this year, it intended to curb online scam centres linked to regional networks trafficking hundreds of thousands of people.
Tips given to reroute exports to Myanmar
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/09/2025
» Myanmar suggests Thai exporters reroute their exports to the Ranong and Mae Sai checkpoints due to strict import controls at the Mae Sot checkpoint in Tak.
PTT unit ready to suspend oil exports to Myanmar
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/02/2025
» SET-listed PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc (OR), Thailand's largest oil trader by volume, is preparing for the suspension of refined oil exports to Myanmar in line with the government's policy to deal with criminal gangs active in the neighbouring country.
Crackdown on imported SIM card operating boxes
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/02/2025
» The Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is drafting rules to govern the import of SIM card operating boxes in an effort to suppress cybercrime and fraudulent call centres.
Chinese cancel Thai holidays as actor's kidnapping fuels safety fears
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/01/2025
» SHANGHAI — Many Chinese travellers planning to visit Thailand for the upcoming Lunar New Year have expressed concerns on social media this week and posed blunt questions.
Conflict hits Myanmar border trade
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 29/04/2024
» The armed conflict between the Myanmar junta and ethnic minority groups could reduce Thai-Myanmar border trade value by 40%, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
FTI wary of conflict's impact on border trade
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/04/2024
» Recent armed conflict in Myanmar is causing concern over a possible further decline in border trade near Tak's Mae Sot district and a spike in illegal workers from Myanmar in Thailand, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Save Myanmar from a perfect storm
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 09/08/2021
» It was no surprise that Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power from Myanmar's civilian government six months ago, declared himself the country's prime minister early last week.
Myanmar's military coup creates banking woes
AFP, Published on 24/02/2021
» YANGON: Early bird customers of a military-owned bank queued anxiously as dawn light crept over Rangoon, after a strict new limit on daily cash withdrawals fuelled rumours of a money shortage in post-coup Myanmar.