Checkpoint in Myawaddy, Myanmar's border town with Thailand

Checkpoint in Myawaddy, Myanmar's border town with Thailand

Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2015, shows a checkpoint in the border town of Myawaddy in eastern Myanmar which leads to Thailand's northwestern district of Mae Sot. Both countries have been developing the area as a free trade zone, the first such bloc in the border area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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