Infrastructure International Relations Lead Story News
The construction of a second Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge is expected to be completed in two years, Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Shan
Burmese government forces have launched air strikes on the Wanhai headquarters of Shan State Army-North, according to a rebel army spokesperson.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Refugees
A response plan is in place in case of incidents, including the evacuation of Thai and Burmese people if violence breaks out after the election.
Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
Burma has been declared ‘2015 Destination of the Year’ by TTG Asia, but DVB have known all along where to find the hidden gems! Here’s some of our tips.
Cross-border trade between Thailand and Burma through the Mae Sot-Myawaddy checkpoint totalled more than 60 billion in the last fiscal year.
Construction work has begun on Thai-Burmese SEZin Mae Sot, Tak province, with many additional labourers needed according to the director of construction.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
The mountain road between Karen State’s Kawkareit and Myawaddy reopens after clashes between govt forces and DKBA rebels had forced its closure.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
Days ahead of an opening ceremony, AH1 is closed as Burmese government forces clash with Karen rebels, leaving casualties on both sides.
A police raid on a slot machine parlour in the Karen town of Myawaddy on Tuesday night ended in a shoot-out— with two hospitalised.
Hopes that a new, four lane bridge will boost trade in Thailand and Burma.
Thai police have seized a large amount of amphetamine pills on an alluvial island in the Moei River, underneath the Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge.
The paramilitary Border Guard Force (BGF) in Karen State seized over 130,000 amphetamine pills at the end of December.
Thai- Burmese border trade is expected to flourish over the next couple of years, driven mainly by the planned development of a special economic zone in Mae Sot district.
“Army officers and local administrators came to tell my neighbours to take down the Karen flag at their house,” one resident said. “They had no choice but to comply with the order.”
2015 Elections Conflict Development Lead Story News Photos Society
Photographs from: fighting in Myawaddy between Burmese government forces and Karen rebels; a Mandalay village is buried in silt following flooding; Mickey and Minnie come to town; and a light-hearted moment during ceasefire talks in Rangoon.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
Thai soldiers in Tak province have been put on high alert after heavy fighting between Burmese government soldiers and Karen rebels temporarily closed the Mae Sot border pass.
Conflict Karen Lead Story News
The body of a soldier from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has been found, handcuffed and badly mutilated, in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy
A member of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) was killed in what is believed to have been an alcohol-related shootout with government security forces in the border town of Myawaddy early Friday morning.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
An ethnic Karen rebel group has responded in kind to an order by the Burmese Army not to wear uniforms or carry firearms in certain government-controlled territory.
Burma’s border crossings to Thailand remain open; meanwhile aid workers do not envisage any disruption to the delivery of supplies to refugees along the Thai-Burmese border.
Lead Story News Politics Video
Residents in the Burmese border town of Myawaddy fear that the imposition of martial law in neighbouring Thailand will disrupt the flow of border trade.
Environment Lead Story Migrants Issues News Uncategorized Video
New evidence of migrant slavery has emerged along the coast of Thailand, the world’s third largest seafood exporter.
Thousands of residents in Burma’s Karen state have been relocated to shelters as fresh flooding continues to inundate the country’s eastern borderlands
Foreigners entering Burma through three major border checkpoints along the Thai border can now travel inland and will not be required to exit the country through the same portal in accordance with a new regulation
The Karen National Union’s 7th Brigade announced earlier this week that they have started an export, import business along with a tourism company in a bid to earn additional revenue
Three armed men robbed a gold shop in the border town of Myawaddy on Sunday
Officials announce end to Burmese blockade of Mae Sot-Myawaddy trading route after 16 months of significant loss in business
A convoy carrying two senior Burmese govt officials recently ambushed by the DKBA near the border town of Myawaddy
Traders optimistic that new Thai government will develop better relations with Naypyidaw to prompt reopening of Mae Sot crossing
Singaporean companies allegedly looking at involvement in controversial shale gas and oil project in Burma’s volatile eastern Karen state
