Two Border Guard Force (BGF) soldiers refused The Irrawaddy permission to approach a border crossing between Myawaddy and Mae Sot, Thailand on foot on Monday, saying the area was closed. The closure reportedly followed efforts by the army to clamp down on vehicle smuggling across the Thai border. According to Kyaw Than, an automobile trader […]
Army Shutters Myawaddy Checkpoint in Clampdown on Auto Smuggling
April 3, 2018 by Thiha
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Unregulated and untaxed: Casino on Thai border Thrives
September 15, 2017 by Thiha
When we arrive at the Border Guard Force checkpoint, security guards look us up and down, then ask if we are coming to the casino. It’s 8pm. We nod and are allowed in. The 24-hour 999 casino is located on the bank of Kayin State’s Thaung Yin river that separates Myanmar and Thailand, dividing Myawaddy […]
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Thais warned to avoid Myanmar border area after tourists abducted by Karen BGF
January 30, 2017 by Thiha
THAIS have been warned not to travel to the Myanmar border area near Kanchanaburi after a group of 37 tourists were taken hostage yesterday by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF). The group, who crossed the border at Payathonzu in Karen State, were reportedly captured by the military group early yesterday in apparent retaliation for […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: BGF, Col Banyong Thongnuem, Kanchanaburi, Karen Border Guard Force, Karen State, military group, Myanmar, Myanmar border, Myanmar Government, Ninth Infantry Regiment, Payathonzu, Pol Col Kwanchai Theerakul of Sangkhla Buri police, Thai authorities, Thai-Myanmar border, Thais, the Royal Thai Army
Can Myanmar’s Hydropower Study Truly be For The People?
November 24, 2016 by thiha
In recent weeks, violent clashes in Kayin State have further disrupted Myanmar’s fragile peace process. Fighting between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the government-sponsored Border Guard Force (BGF) in Mae Tha Waw areas of Hlaingbwe township, and more recently near Kawkareik township, has displaced over a thousand people. Entire families have fled their homes and are […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Advisory Group, BGF, Border Guard Force, Chinese, Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, DKBA, forestry, Hat Gyi, Hat Gyi hydropower, Hlaingbwe Township, IFC, International Finance Corporation, Kawkareik Township, Kayin State, Mae Tha Waw, Mekong River Commission, Ministry of Electric Power, Ministry of Environmental Conservation, MOECAF, Mong Ton, Salween River in Shan State, sea, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Thai, World Bank
Thai-Myanmar border trade resumes through Mae Sot
April 3, 2015 by thiha
Myanmar soldiers reopened ports on the Moei River opposite Tak province to trade on Tuesday night after Thai authorities allowed oil exports to resume through pipelines to Myawaddy. Myanmar soldiers had closed 23 ports on the river bank on Tuesday morning. This followed Thai officials’ recent decision to ban fuel deliveries through pipelines. They said […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: BGF, Mae Ramat, Mae Sot, Maung Chit Htoo, Moei River, Myanmar local Border Guard Force, Myanmar soldiers, Myawaddy, Somchai Hathayatanti, Tak Province, Tha Song Yang, Thai-Myanmar border
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