Chaos in Tachileik as Myanmar people rush to buy fuel after supply cut
CHAOS erupted in Myanmar’s Tachileik border town, opposite Mae Sai town in Chiang Rai province, after Thailand cut off electricity, Internet and fuel supply from five points to Myanmar border areas at 9 a.m. this morning (Feb. 5) with two being to Tachileik, Amarin TV said. This action was taken to resolve the problem […]
Read MoreChinese grey capitalist gangs ransom kidnapping wealthy people in Tachileik
WHILE Chinese grey capitalist gangs having been ransom kidnapping wealthy people in Myanmar’s Tachileik town, which abuts Thailand’s Mae Sai town, this criminal activity has not crossed the border to the Thai side, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 18). Ms. Phakaimas Viera, president of the Mae Sai Chamber of Commerce, said a ransom kidnapping […]
Read MoreMae Sai-Tachileik cross-border trade to reach 10bn baht a year
MYANMAR people are queuing up to visit Mae Sai in Chaing Rai province from Tachileik in Shan state with the reopening of First Friendship Bridge yesterday (Feb 20) and it is expected that the cross-border trade and tourism will generate 10 billion baht a year, Naewna newspaper said today. Ms. Phakaimas Viera, president of […]
Read MoreThai-Myanmar checkpoint talks cancelled over military threat
A THAI-MYANMAR discussion on the reopening of the Mae Sai-Tachileik international border checkpoint scheduled for Thursday Feb. 16 was cancelled at the last minute because of a military threat by forces opposing the Myanmar junta, Naewna newspaper quotes sources in Chiang Rai province as saying today (Feb. 18). This meeting was to take place […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta keeps Chiang Rai-Tachileik checkpoint shut
DESPITE Thailand being ready to reopen the Thai-Myanmar checkpoint in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province from today (June 1) onwards the Myanmar government still kept it locked with this seen being due to a lack of officials and concern about the resistance movement, Naewna newspaper said. Reporters at the border saw that the […]
Read MoreCharges being filed against Tachileik coronavirus spreaders
POLICE are moving to prosecute Thais who sneaked across the border after working at 1G1 Hotel in Myanmar’s Tachileik town and spreading Covid-19 infection in Chiang Rai and several other provinces with Mae Sai district police having already rounded up 10 of those who have recovered, Amarin TV reported today (Dec. 15). Acting on the […]
Read MoreTwo more Tachileik-linked coronavirus cases appear in Bangkok
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 6) that there are 14 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with two of them emerging in Bangkok, Sanook.com reported. The 14 new cases took the total to 4,086 with 3,853 patients having recovered and 173 still undergoing treatment. Death […]
Read More180 Thai women work at Tachileik hotel, 64 more sick
EVEN AS the security forces beefed up the Thai-Myanmar border at Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, the manager of a Tachileik hotel from where 10 infected Thai women sneaked across the border over the past week and exposed hundreds of people to Covid-19 sent word that 180 more Thai women are currently work working […]
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