Residents in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, on the border with Thailand, are suffering severe impacts from the Thai government’s decision to cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to the township on Feb 5.

Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.

KANCHANABURI - The weekly outdoor market along the Thai-Myanmar border is feeling the pinch as a power shortage takes its toll on buyers from Myanmar.