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Traders call for border reopening
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/01/2023
» The volume of goods traded with Myanmar through the border in Chiang Rai is expected to grow twofold if Myanmar agrees to reopen the checkpoint in Mae Sai district, according to Chiang Rai's Chamber of Commerce.
Friendship Bridge now ready for reopening
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/01/2023
» Tak: The Friendship Bridge linking Thailand and Myanmar reopens tomorrow, much to the delight of eager traders who have waited three years for the resumption of border trade stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Three groups of border crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/03/2022
» TAK: Forty-three Myanmar nationals were arrested after illegally crossing the border in three groups into Muang and Mae Sot districts of this northern border province on Monday, police said.
Tensions remain at Tak refugee camp after riot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/12/2021
» TAK: Officials were still struggling to regain full control of the Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district on Wednesday evening after a riot there Tuesday night.
19 illegal Myanmar migrants held in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 04/09/2021
» TAK: Nineteen Myanmar nationals have been caught in a forest in Mae Ramat district for illegal entry.
Thai women arrested for illegal entry
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/07/2021
» TAK: Eight Thai women were arrested by soldiers after they illegally crossed the Moei River from Myanmar into Mae Sot district early on Monday morning.
Curfew for migrant workers in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 08/07/2021
» TAK: Local authorities have imposed a night curfew on migrant workers in Mae Sot district, and asked Thais to also stay home, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.
IIlegal Chinese migrants breach quarantine, re-arrested in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/06/2021
» TAK: Two illegal Chinese migrants who were supposed to be in quarantine were arrested while wandering around Mae Sot on Wednesday by soldiers of the 4th Infantry Regiment.
Half the workers in Mae Sot factory test positive
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 28/06/2021
» More than half of the 840 Myanmar migrant and Thai workers in three factories in Tak's Mae Sot district have tested positive for Covid-19 during a massive screening operation carried out Saturday night, says a doctor at Mae Sot Hospital.
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.