Kolkata to Bangkok: A Journey Through the Trilateral Highway
The Kolkata-Bangkok Highway, also known as the Trilateral Highway, is an ambitious project designed to enhance connectivity between India, Myanmar, and Thailand. Stretching from Kolkata in India to Bangkok in Thailand, it will pass through Myanmar, promoting trade relations and regional integration. Initiated in 2002, the highway is aligned with…
Thai job seekers warned about offers of highly paid work in Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines
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The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised job seekers to exercise great caution when responding to online offers of highly paid jobs in Cambodia, Myanmar or the Philippines, saying that they may end up being victimised and paying a large ransom for their safe return to Thailand. Tanee Sangrat,…
Commerce Ministry secures 2.4bn baht in orders for Thai fruit
The Ministry of Commerce has secured 2.4 billion baht’s worth of advance purchase deals for Thai fruit exports, while the exports of fresh and processed Thai fruit in first seven months of this year have generated some 130 billion baht revenue. Officials from the Ministry of Commerce led by Deputy…
Thailand had the world’s first coronavirus case outside China. Here’s how it avoided disaster
By South-East Asia correspondent Amy Bainbridge and Supattra Vimonsuknopparat Thailand is emerging as another success story in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is all the more remarkable considering the country was the first outside of China to detect a case of COVID-19 back in January. At the time, there was intense speculation the…
Chiang Rai authorities help workers from Myanmar stranded in Mae Sai to return home after closure of border crossing
– As borders closed, many migrant workers from Myanmar working in Thailand tried to return to their country. Some didn’t make it in time, and are now stranded at the Mae Sai Thailand-Myanmar border crossing in Chiang Rai, waiting for Myanmar authorities to reopen the border. The authorities decided to…