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Border on alert amid Myanmar raids
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/04/2026
» Security has been tightened along the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Hong Son province after Myanmar airstrikes hit Karen National Union (KNU) positions opposite Mae Sariang and Sob Moei districts, prompting Thai authorities to place ranger units and local agencies on 24-hour alert.
Diesel shortage near Thai-Myanmar border as anti-smuggling efforts continue
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage of diesel while security officials arrest Thais for smuggling fuel into Myanmar.
Illegal internet cables found installed across Thai-Myanmar bridge
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/12/2024
» TAK - Large internet cables have been found illegally installed across the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge and were being used by call centre gangs.
Man caught stringing suspected scam cables across river to Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2024
» TAK - A man was has been arrested beside the Moei river in Mae Sot district while allegedly stringing power and communications cables illegally across the river to Myanmar.
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.
PEA cuts power to two towns in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/06/2023
» TAK: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand has cut off the supply of electricity across the Moei river to two border towns in Myanmar where groups of Chinese businessmen have made huge illegal investments, at the request of the Myanmar government, Thai official sources said.
5,000 cross border to Tak after clashes
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/04/2023
» Over 5,000 Myanmar people have crossed the border to seek refuge in Tak province's Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military continued for a second day.
Residents flee fighting in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/04/2023
» TAK: More than 1,000 people fled across the border into Tak's Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts on Thursday as fighting continued nearby between Myanmar government troops and Karen fighters.
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.
Wounded Myanmar villagers treated in Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/06/2022
» TAK: Myanmar villagers injured during fighting around Myawaddy town, near the border, between Myanmar government troops and Karen soldiers have been treated by Thai officials in Phop Phra district.