Myanmar
Myanmar-Thailand news, covering immigration policies, trade relations, and border security updates.
- Covid-19 News
Mobile testing units dispatched to Tak after Burmese drivers test positive
After 3 Burmese lorry drivers tested positive for Covid-19 in…
- Thailand News
Border schools close for cleaning, thousands test for Covid-19 after Burmese truck drivers test positive
Nearly a dozen schools in Tak’s Mae Sot district closed…
- Thailand News
4 Burmese men arrested after crossing Moei River to Thailand
Tak border patrols have arrested 4 Burmese men who allegedly…
- Thailand News
74 Thais in quarantine after Burmese truck driver tests positive for Covid-19
74 Thais are now in quarantine after coming in close…
- Covid-19 News
15 new Covid-19 cases detected in quarantine
15 new Covid-19 cases were detected in Thailand state quarantine…
- World News
Prachuap Khiri Khan blocks borders with barbed wire after Covid-19 reports in Myanmar
With the recent report of 41 new Covid-19 cases in…
- Covid-19 News
Officials threaten Ranong pier with closure over Covid violations
A pier in the southern province of Ranong is being…
- Covid-19 News
Skål International Bangkok’s helps to repatriate a mother and her teacher son
by Andrew Wood A mother’s plight to rescue her 23…
- World News
60 Burmese test negative for Covid-19 after contact with infected teen at border district
Those in the Kanchanburi province, close to the Thai-Myanmar border…
- Crime News
Police arrest 13 illegal Cambodian migrants in Sa Kaeo border province
Police have arrested 13 illegal Cambodian migrants in the Sa…
- Thailand News
Thailand News Today | Visa amnesty, sealing Burmese border, Thai airways creditors | September 24
Latest update for September 26 deadline of visa amnesty. Deadline…
- World News
Thailand seals its 2,000 kilometre border with Myanmar
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control remains on alert, and patrols…
- Thailand video news
Thailand News Today | Protesters face arrest | Phuket “in a coma”| September 22
Thailand News Today with Tim Newton. Daily news from around…
- Covid-19 News
Teen near the Thai-Myanmar border tests positive for Covid-19
A Burmese teenager who lives near the Thai-Myanmar border tested…
- World News
Myanmar’s Covid-19 spike causes mass lockdowns as Thai authorities scramble to seal the border
Myanmar is currently suffering a wave of Covid-19, causing concern…
- World News
Burmese child contracted Covid-19 while crossing the border, report says
The 2 year old Burmese child, who tested positive for…
- Thailand News
US accuses Chinese companies of exploitation along the Mekong River
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is accusing Chinese…
- World News
Border patrol volunteers catch 2 Chinese men who allegedly sneaked across the border
Tak Immigration police arrested 2 Chinese men who allegedly crossed…
- World News
Trucks lining up at border checkpoint after Myanmar imposes cross-border quota
Over 600 trucks are stranded at the border between Thailand…
- World News
Burmese child with Covid-19 was in Ayutthaya before leaving Thailand
Note: Previous reports from various news outlets say the Burmese…
- Covid-19 News
10 new Covid-19 cases detected in quarantine
10 new Covid-19 cases, including a 1 year old girl,…
- World News
‘Impossible,’ health official says Burmese boy didn’t catch Covid-19 in Thailand
Thai health officials are investigating a case where a Burmese…
- World News
Thai-Myanmar border blocked with barbed wire, security increased due to Covid-19
Prachuap Khiri Khan border patrol say they’ve closed the Thai-Myanmar…
- World News
Police arrest 14 Laotian migrants for allegedly crossing the border
Border patrol police arrested 14 Laotian migrants who allegedly crossed…
- World News
Tak immigration officials arrest 30 Burmese migrants and Thai driver
Immigration police in the northern province of Tak have arrested…
- Covid-19 News
Border police camps to be turned into quarantine centres
Border patrol police camps might be turned into quarantine bases…
- Covid-19 News
Myanmar locksdown parts of Yangon as Covid-19 cases spike
Myanmar is responding to its sudden spike in cases by…
- World News
Thailand tries to seal land borders to prevent migrants bringing virus into country
Officials have ordered all provinces bordering Myanmar to increase patrols…
- World News
Deserters from Burmese military confirm Rohingya massacres
2 army deserters from Myanmar have testified on video to…
- World News
Myanmar Covid-19 outbreak could reach Thai border in 2 weeks, health offical says
A health official predicts the coronavirus will reach the Thai-Myanmar…
- Northern Thailand News
2 Burmese nationals arrested while crossing river into Thailand
Border forces have arrested 2 Burmese nationals as they were…
- World News
Tak hospital doctor pleads for medical supplies to treat Burmese Covid patients
A hospital doctor in the northern province of Tak has…
