Attacks by Islamic extremists had caused chaos in Indonesia, but social programs designed to reeducate prisoners are underway ...

Tai Chang and Jiaoke, notorious scam centres in Myanmar. The names of three other compounds are yet unknown.

“Mae Sot is basically a Burmese town now, you can see it walking the streets, can hear Burmese everywhere,” said Saw Taw Nee, a senior official with the Karen National Union.

Mae Sot is now a warren of safehouses, whole streets accommodating largely undocumented refugees. Some are well-established dormitories, funded by foreign aid organisations.

Fire destroyed about 200 impounded vehicles in the parking lot of the customs office in Mae Sot district on Tuesday night.The fire broke out at the new customs compound under construction in ...

For dozens of women who fled Myanmar and settled in Thailand, soccer has become a refuge from both the troubles of daily life and conservative cultural norms. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Mae Sot ...

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is scheduled to visit the Thai-Myanmar border town of Mae Sot tomorrow, amid fresh clashes between Myanmar forces and armed ethnic groups in the region. The ...

This is the second bombing on the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border so far this year. The first incident happened on April 23 when a car bomb planted at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — For people fleeing the conflict in Myanmar, the injuries are often more than just physical. Four years after a military coup that has morphed into a grinding civil war ...

YANGON (Eleven Media Group/Asia News Network): Plans are underway to reopen Myawaddy-Mae Sot Friendship Bridge No.1 at Myanmar-Thai Border. The bridge was temporarily closed nearly three years ago ...

If the IT professionals get 4,000 dirhams (around 85,000/month) in Dubai, they are promised 6,000 dirhams (Rs1.3 lakh) to work in Mae Sot. Once they land in Bangkok, they are taken to neighbouring ...