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Orders for Valentine roses plummet
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/02/2020
» TAK: Orders for highly valued roses from Phop Phra district for Valentine's Day have dropped sharply. Farmers blame it on coronavirus fears and the economic slump.
Four Chinese arrested for fake papers
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/01/2020
» Four Chinese tourists were arrested yesterday for trying to use fake passports at the Thai-Myanmar border checkpoint in Mae Sot district of Tak province.
2nd friendship bridge to open tomorrow
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/10/2019
» Tak: Local businesses are optimistic that the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, which is set to open tomorrow, will boost cross-border trade.
Second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge to open Oct 30
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/10/2019
» The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge across the Moei River in Tak's Mae Sot district will be officially opened on Oct 30, according to a press release from the Highways Department.
Two survive, one missing after boat capsizes
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/08/2019
» TAK: Two people survived and one is missing when their fishing boat sank in the Moei River along the Thai-Myanmar border in Phop Phra district late on Friday night. Rescuers have begun the search for the missing man.
Temple burgled, B20,000 stolen in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/06/2019
» TAK: The abbot of a temple, Wat Pa Mai Dungdee, in Mae Sot district of this northern border province has only 100 baht left after a thief broke into his room early Sunday and made off with about 20,000 baht in donations, police said.
Calls grow to turn Tak into proper SEZ
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/04/2019
» TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ).
Second Thai-Myanmar friendship bridge opens
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/03/2019
» TAK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday opened the second Thai-Myanmar bridge across the Moei River.
Karen female student goes missing in Moei river
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/02/2019
» TAK: A Karen female student went missing while collecting molluscs in the Moei river on Saturday, and local officials in Tha Song Yang district of this northern province continued to search for her on on Sunday morning.
Fire hits Mae Sot commercial building
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/09/2018
» TAK: A fire broke out at a three-storey commercial building in the heart of the border town of Mae Sot, opposite Myanmar's Myawaddy town across the Moei river, on Sunday morning. The fire caused about 30 million baht damage.