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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.
Large fuel stash found in secret site
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/03/2026
» Authorities in Tak's Mae Sot district inspected a suspected fuel hoard of nearly 30,000 litres near the Thailand-Myanmar border following reports from villagers.
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.
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.
15 Myanmar border-crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/07/2021
» TAK: A patrol of the 35th Ranger Task Force arrested 15 illegal Myanmar migrants at a farm hut in Mae Ramat district on Tuesday morning.
Coronavirus testing continues in Mae Sot
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 14/10/2020
» TAK: Testing for Covid-19 has continued in Mae Sot district of this northern border province on both Thai and Myanmar nationals considered at risk after three Myanmar lorry drivers tested positive for Covid-19 at the Thai border between Friday and Saturday.
Covid-19 screening point raided in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/05/2020
» TAK: A Covid-19 screening unit in Mae Sot district of this northern border province was raided by a group of at least three men who destroyed state property and a "pantry of sharing" early on Sunday, police said.
Kokko Chinatown project sparks concerns in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/06/2019
» Border towns are often labelled as remote villages without modern infrastructure or amenities.
Duty-free trade zone in Mae Sot on horizon
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/05/2018
» TAK: A company licensed to operate a duty-free trade zone along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district has proposed using more than 50 rai on the Asian Highway as part of a local special economic zone.
Bus crash, fire kills 20 migrant workers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2018
» A double-decker bus loaded with Myanmar workers crashed and burned in Tak province Friday morning, killing 20 passengers.