The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing into Burma through Kanchanaburi has reopened after being temporarily shut following a hostagetaking incident last month.

The Three Pagodas Pass border crossing into Burma through Kanchanaburi has reopened after being temporarily shut following a hostagetaking incident last month.
A local family in Three Pagodas Pass has complained that Mon rebels are extorting them of payments from a construction company that is building a highway through their land.