This just come in from
www.thaivisa.com
Burma border reopens temporarily
Aug 29 2007
Kanchanaburi (TNA) - The Thai-Burmese border crossing at Three Pagodas Pass in this western province was reopened Tuesday after being closed for five months.
On the border at Three Pagoda Pass, in Sangkhla Buri district, some 350 km northwest of Bangkok, authorities from Thailand and Burma jointly witnessed the reopening of the border gate by a Burmese government official following an order by his country's government.
Traffic at the border point will be allowed exclusively for a tin mining concessionaire to transport tin into Thailand. The company is under contract to the Rangoon government.
Temporarily the border has been opened for three days only, between August 28 and 30, after which it will be closed again until September 6 when nationals of both countries will be allowed to cross the border.
Burmese authorities sealed the border at Three Pagoda Pass for the last five months without giving any reason.
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Note: For those whom may not know, this is a day pass border only (subject to frequent closures) and not a visa-run point.
Burma closes Three Pagodas Pass again
source: Bkk Post Aug 30
Burma closed Kanchanaburi's Three Pagodas Pass on Thursday after having opened it for only a day.
Thai authority has requested for explanation as to why the pass was shut again, but it did not receive any answer.
Only private trucks carrying tin, which received concession from the Burmese government, are allowed to enter the pass