Sadao Checkpoint News Today

KOTA KINABALU: Thailand has just made entering the country from Malaysia much easier by temporarily suspending the requirement for arrival and departure cards at all land border checkpoints.

The Southern Border Provinces Development Strategy Committee has approved nearly THB252 million to connect the Sadao checkpoint in Songkhla province with Malaysia, Deputy Minister of Interior Niphon Bunyamanee said on Thursday.

Gates opened at Thailand’s Sadao-Malaysia border point for the first time in almost two years on Friday, allowing the return of 11 Thai students as well as hope of a tourism revival.