For example, seams between planks were sealed with a tree-derived resin known as chu-nam, which was commonly available e.g. in the port of Satingpra, near today's Songkhla in southern Thailand.
On December 8, 1941 local time, hours before the December 7 (Hawaii time) Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese army landed here invading Thailand.
This border crossing is the second border crossing from Kedah state to Songkhla province.
Malaysia and Thailand has a wedge shaped area 150 km from Kota Bharu, Kelantan and 260 km from the shores of Songkhla, Thailand which is jointly developed by Petronas and its Thailand counterpart.