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Illegal internet cables found across Thai-Lao bridge

Authorities have cut internet cables found to be illegally carrying services from Mukdahan province across the Friendship Bridge and about five kilometres deep into Laos.

Bangkok Post

A curious place to find 'Lady Liberty'

A headline which caught my eye in last Sunday's Post was "Highway 12 to economic heaven" with a report concerning the rich potential of this route which stretches west to east from Tak on the Myanmar border to Mukdahan, just this side of the Mekong River from Laos.

Bangkok Post

Highway 12 to economic heaven

The completion of Highway 12 -- a 793-km transport corridor linking Tak in the North with Mukdahan in the Northeast -- will provide immense business opportunities as the emerging economic driver in the region, according to local transport and tourism industry leaders.

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Highway 12 expansion completed

The final phase of the expansion of Highway 12 -- which links Thailand with Myanmar and Laos in Tak and Mukdahan, respectively -- has been completed, which the government hopes will boost cross-border economic activities between the three countries.

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Former MP gets jail for B5m bribe

A former Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan has been sentenced to six years in jail for demanding a 5-million-baht bribe.

Bangkok Post

Summer storms forecast in upper Thailand March 26-29

Summer storms with gusty winds and hail are expected in the upper part of the country from March 26-29, beginning with the Northeast and then the Eastern, lower Northern and Central regions, weather forecasters said on Sunday morning.

Bangkok Post

Drug haul found on pickup after fatal cash

Two million methamphetamine pills were found in sacks on a pickup truck after a head-on crash killed the driver and both passengers in Muang district of Mukdahan in the early hours of Wednesday.

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Pheu Thai MP demanded B5m bribe

The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Persons Holding Political Positions has found Anurak Tangpanitanon, Pheu Thai MP for Mukdahan, guilty of violating the parliamentary ethical code for demanding a 5-million-baht bribe in exchange for passing a proposed budget allocation deal.

Bangkok Post

Trader arrested selling 4 tiger cubs

A wildlife trader was arrested as he delivered four tiger cubs he was selling for 1.5 million baht to an undercover agent in Muang district of Mukdahan province on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Ex-cop jailed twice for fraud arrested again

A former senior police officer who had been imprisoned twice has been arrested in Bangkok in connection with fraud at a gold shop and a currency exchange.

Bangkok Post

Thai tourists killed, injured in Laos bus crash

Two Thai tourists were killed and 19 others injured when a tour bus and a 10-wheel truck collided on a road in Savannakhet province of Laos on Sunday night.

Bangkok Post

Banaszek claims Tour of Thailand title

Alan Banaszek of HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski was crowned champion of the Tour of Thailand 2022 in Mukdahan on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

20 tonnes of smuggled pork from Laos seized

MUKDAHAN: About 20 tonnes of pork was seized from an 18-wheel lorry that crossed the second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong river to this northeastern border province from Savannakhet province of Laos on Saturday night, according to a media report.

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