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         THAI-BURMESE BORDER SEALED, TRADE AFFECTED
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Bangkok,   June  13:  The  sudden closure  of a  key border
checkpoint  between  Burma  and Thailand  amid  a simmering
territorial dispute has left nearly 400,00 dollars worth of
goods  stranded  in  Thailand,   reports  said  on  Friday.

Burma reportedly sealed the post in the Mae Sot district of
the  western  Thai  province  of  Tak  without  warning  on
Thursday  in an apparent sharp  escalation of a standoff in
the between the two neighbor

"More than $374,000 worth of goods destined for Myawaddy in
Burma  was  stranded  on the  Thai  side,"the  Bangkok Post
daily said.

The  closure of the post,  about  420 km west of here,  has
effectively  cut  the passage  across the  usually bustling
frontier  and has seriously hampered trade,  officials were
quoted  as saying.  Military and  civilian officials in the
isolated  border region were  not immediately available for
comment on the issue.[AFP]

3,000 Koreans FLEE BURMA

Bangkok,  June 13: Around 3,000 ethnic Karen villagers have
fled  to  northern Thailand  from Burma  over the  past two
months to escape abuses by the forces of Rangoon's military
junta.   Troops forced whole villages in the papun district
of  northern Karen state to relocate  as a drive to cut off
support   for  rebel  ethnic   forces  still  fighting  the
junta.[AFP]

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