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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.
Thailand, Myanmar launch joint border patrol
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 21/01/2018
» TAK: Thailand and Myanmar have launched a joint border patrol along the Moei River for the prevention and suppression of smuggling of drugs, labour-trafficking, military-grade weapons and other law-offending activities.
Border force frees held tanker drivers
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/06/2015
» The drivers and driver assistants of seven Thai-registered gas tankers seized by ethnic Karen soldiers and a Myanmar border force on Friday have been released, a border security source says.
Myanmar closes ports in oil skirmish
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/03/2015
» The Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myanmar's Myawaddy province has closed 23 border ports along the Moei River in retaliation for curbs on oil transportation by Thai authorities.