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Sacred Karen tusks returned
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/02/2026
» Tak province has returned a pair of 400-year-old sacred elephant tusks to the Karen "long-haired hermit" community of Lay Tong Ku in Umphang district, ending a years-long dispute over the culturally significant artefacts.
Shells from Myanmar hit border area
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/12/2025
» TAK: The army fired smoke rounds into Myanmar after shells from across the border landed in Mae Sot district, damaging a house and injuring at least two civilians.
Three Chinese fleeing bombed KK Park sneak into Thailand
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/11/2025
» Three Chinese men who fled from the KK Park scam complex in Myawaddy, Myanmar, were caught sneaking into Thailand near the border in Tak northern province on Thursday.
Tortured Kenyan flees Myanmar call scam gang into Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/02/2025
» TAK: A Kenyan man crossed the Thai-Myanmar border to seek help in Phop Phra district, saying he was among about 1,000 people who were tortured unless they worked for a Chinese-led scam gang.
Thai solar panels, fuel destined for Myanmar seized
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/02/2025
» TAK: Security officers on Sunday intercepted the smuggling of solar panels and fuel to Myanmar in separate incidents in this border western province.
Man held for moving scam gang's equipment
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/02/2025
» Tak: Security officials have arrested a man and seized a large quantity of computers, mobile phones and SIM cards linked to call-centre scammers in Mae Ramat district of this border western province.
Man arrested in Tak with 1500 phones, SIM cards 'used for scams'
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/02/2025
» TAK: Security officials have arrested a man and seized a large quantity of computers, mobile phones and SIM cards belonged to call-centre scammers in Mae Ramat district of this border western province.
Truck plunges off washed-out bridge during heavy rain
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 04/09/2024
» A pickup truck plunged off the end of a washed-out bridge during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning in Tak province on Wednesday.
Thai Muslims plan embassy protest
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/10/2023
» A group of Muslims in southern Thailand on Thursday announced plans to gather outside the Israeli embassy in Bangkok tomorrow to express their opinions on the Israel-Hamas war.
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.