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Myawaddy households struggle without power from Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/06/2023
» TAK: Ordinary households in Myawaddy have been hit hard by the decision to cut off the supply of electricity across the border from Thailand, but big Chinese investors are unaffected, their huge complexes brightly lit as usual at night.
15 Myanmar border-crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/07/2021
» TAK: A patrol of the 35th Ranger Task Force arrested 15 illegal Myanmar migrants at a farm hut in Mae Ramat district on Tuesday morning.
Four Thai women nabbed after sneaking in from Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 28/02/2021
» TAK: Four Thai women were arrested at a security checkpoint in Mae Sot district after they illegally crossed the border from Myanmar into Thailand on Saturday night, officials said.
Six caught sneaking in from Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/09/2020
» TAK: Five Thais and one Chinese national have been arrested on charges of illegally crossing the border into Mae Sot district, just across from the site of a casino in Myawaddy, Myanmar.
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).
Mass Myanmar jailbreak puts police on alert in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/09/2018
» TAK: Security has been tightened along the Thai-Myanmar border in this northern province following a jailbreak in Hpa-An, the capital of neighbouring Kayin State in Myanmar.
Security tight on Tak border after jailbreak in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 18/09/2018
» TAK: Security was tightened along the Thai-Myanmar border in this northern province on Tuesday following a jailbreak in Hpa-An, the capital of neighbouring Kayin State in Myanmar.
The cream of the crops
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/01/2018
» Rubber farmers suffering from freefalling crop prices are being urged to consider a departure from their traditional practice of sticking to one crop and embrace integrated farming to balance out their investment risk. Authorities in the southern province of Songkhla recently held a meeting to exchange ideas on how to create jobs and boost the earnings of rubber planters following years of plummeting rubber prices.
Karen force threatens to close border
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/11/2016
» TAK: The leader of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces if Thai officials enforce official border-crossing hours on all routes, including paths used by gamblers.
Karen border guards threaten to shut frontier with Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/11/2016
» TAK - The leader of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) has threatened to close the Myanmar border in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces if Thai authorities enforce official border-crossing hours on all routes, including paths used by gamblers.