TAK: Thailand is counting on a new bridge connecting with Myanmar to increase border trade between the two countries. Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said after opening the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that the new link between Mae Sot district and Myanmar’s Myawaddy will increase border trade to 100 billion baht per year from the current […]
2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ready for Tuesday opening
March 19, 2019 by
TAK: Prepareations have been underway for the opening of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s Mae Sot district and Myanmar’s brder city of Myawaddy on Tuesday. Therdkiat Chinsoranand, the mayor of Nakhon Mae Sot Municipality, on Sunday inspected the preparations. The construction of the bridge, spanning the Moei River between Ban Wang Takhian in […]
Implications of Myanmar’s election on Thailand
September 11, 2015 by
The outcome of the November 8 election will impact on Thai-Myanmar relations in a variety of ways in the years to come. For the first time, the upcoming poll will represent a full-fetched electoral process in Myanmar under the watchful eyes of regional and international observers as never before. The election comes at a time […]
Saha cancels Myanmar estate
June 12, 2015 by
Saha Group, the country’s leading consumer product conglomerate, has scrapped plans to set up an industrial estate in Myanmar, citing high land prices in the neighbouring country. Chairman Boonsithi Chokwatana said the group decided not to develop its own industrial park on a 1,000-rai plot in Myanmar after studying the project’s potential for a few […]
