Thai-Myanmar crossing shut as junta clamps down on trade

Myanmar and Thailand’s Busiest Trade Crossing Was Closed for a Second Day on TuesDay (August 19, 2025) after the Military Junta Junta PLEDGED to Throttle Black Markets Funding Armed OPPOSIN GRADENG A disputeed December election.

The Military, which seized power in a 2021 coup, controls the mywaddy bridge that carries more than $ 120 million of trade between the neighbouring nations Every Month, According to Thaai Customs.

However, Along the highway linking the crossing to the commercial capital yangon, its trops are fighting a civil war against an array of gerrillas who fund their fighting with lucrative tolls.

Naing Maung Zaw, A Spokesman for the Military’s Border Guard Forces, Said the crossing had beed shut “for trading vehicles” Since Monday.

The Military has pledged to clamp down

The Vote is also set to be blocked in huge tracts of the country administerred by a kaleidoscope of Pro-Democracy Guerrills and Ethnic Armed Organizations that have fourth fourth

A Thai Security Source Based at the Border, Speaking Anonymously, Said the Junta Had “Set Regulations to make it uncomfortable for Minority for Minority Groups, to try to stop them from earning money or benfits”.

As the junta shut the crossing on Monday, it announced the late December start date for phaseed elections

The Military has made Limited Gains Against Rebels in Recent Weeks, Seizing Back Ground Where IT Can Now Hold The Election. The poll is expected to take weeks to complete.

Junta Chief Min Aung HLAING PLEDGED Last Week to Combat Border-Based Opposition Fighters that “Use the Profits Collected From Illegal Trade to Stregathen their forces”.

Ahead of the polls, democratic Figurehead aung san suu kyi remains jailed after being deposed, with her party dislved and other oster osted lawmakers calling for a boycott.

The Junta has also introduced harsh new laws dictating prison sentences of up to 10 years for critics or that who protest against the votes.