Exporters and businesses along the Thai-Myanmar border are in crisis after Myanmar suddenly closed the Second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on August 18, 2025. This bridge is the main route for large goods trade, worth about 130 billion baht. 2, a vital trade artery connecting Tak Province's Mae Sot District with Karen State's Myawaddy Township, was officially reopened on Thursday. The. A civil war has been going on in Myanmar since the military deposed the civilian government in 2021, igniting resistance by pro-democracy militias and ethnic armed organisations. A. Bridgehunter's Chronicles in Bridge Tour 29. March 2025 586 Words Crews are in a desperate run against time to find people who were trapped in collapsed buildings and other debris after an earthquake on Friday devastated much of southeast Asia. Both the junta and ethnic rebels are blaming each other, but what really happened, and why does it matter so much? The collapse of Myanmar's historic Gokteik Bridge in Shan State highlights the toll of the. The 125-year-old Gokteik Bridge, a world heritage site located in northern Shan State, was destroyed this morning (August 24) by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), a terrorist insurgent group, through a bomb explosion, according to reports. The TNLA had premeditated the attack, planting. BANGKOK, Aug.