Tag: Mae Sai
Russian Woman Escapes Tachileik Scam Compound and Crosses Into Thailand
A 19-year-old Russian woman who was trafficked into an online scam operation in Tachileik has escaped across the border into Mae Sai, Thailand, according...
Thai Immigration Raid Leads to Arrest of 36 Myanmar Migrants
Thai immigration authorities have arrested 36 Myanmar nationals at a house in Chiang Rai Province that was allegedly being used as a transit point...
Floodwaters and Gold: How Disaster and Extraction Collide on the Thai-Myanmar...
From the sandbagged banks of the Sai River, the scene across to Myanmar is one of quiet devastation. Red tin roofs and crumbling storefronts...
Tachileik-Mae Sai Border Trade Dispute Resolved
Thai and Burmese authorities have resolved a dispute that arose around the number of trucks being permitted to use the border crossing between Tachileik,...
Border Dispute Between Thailand and Burma Unresolved
By -Sai Hseng Hlaing/SHAN Hundreds of lorries are parked in the northern Thai border town of Mae Sai, waiting to enter Tachileik, located in Burma's...
Govt Won’t Open Friendship Bridge In Tachilek
The Tachilek government announced the Friendship Bridge-1 connecting Burma to Thailand will remain closed. Burmese officials met with their Thai counterparts this Tuesday (June 23)...
Burma Receives 187 Returnees From Thailand
Burma accepted 187 citizens back into the country who crossed the Friendship Bridge-2 last week from Mae Sai, in Thailand, to Tachilek in southern...
Businesses In Eastern Shan State Struggling Under Lockdown
With the border between Burma and Thailand closed for the last two months because of the COVID-19 lockdown, businesses in eastern Shan State are...
Hundreds Of Shan Workers Return Home
Hundreds of Shan migrant workers that were quarantined in Thailand for weeks are finally on their way home. A COVID-19 prevention committee established by...
