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Bangkok Post
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Border town suffers as Malaysians bypass old checkpoint

The Thai and Malaysian prime ministers, Anutin Charnvirakul and Anwar Ibrahim, greet each other before opening the new checkpoint in Sadao district of Songkhla on July 10, 2026. (Photo: Government House)

SONGKHLA - The Thai border town that hosts an old — and still operational — border checkpoint with Malaysia has seen business fall off sharply since a new checkpoint opened just a kilometre away.

Dan Nok has turned from a place where Malaysian visitors stopped to shop and spend to a place they bypass, according to Natcha Tiew, president of the Dan Nok Business Association.

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