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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.
Tour guide missing in Tak forest since Saturday
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/05/2025
» TAK: A tour guide has been missing in the Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary since Saturday and a search continues.
Popular waterfall in Thailand's Tak province reopens after rehab
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2024
» The popular Thi Lo Su waterfall in Tak reopened on Sunday after two months of closure to allow the natural attraction to recover.
Thi Lor Su waterfall to close for 4 months
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 28/05/2019
» TAK: The dirt road to Thi Lor Su waterfall will be closed from June 1 to Sept 30 for environmental rehabilitation and public safety, officials say.
Rain closes Thi Lo Su waterfall and Umphang sanctuary
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/07/2018
» TAK: Heavy rain has led to a ban on tourists entering Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes the popular Thi Lo Su waterfall, and from rafting on the Mae Klong River.
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.