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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.
Thai army watching Myanmar border amid scammer exodus
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/11/2025
» Tak: The Royal Thai Army's (RTA) Naresuan Force is monitoring the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Sot district as over 1,500 foreign nationals have fled from KK Park to Thailand, a military source said on Saturday.
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.
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.
Illegal migrants, Thai helpers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/07/2021
» TAK: Eleven illegal migrants and three Thai helpers were arrested near the Myanmar border in Mae Sot district early on Tuesday. Two Chinese men who had fled quarantine were also apprehended.
Two more Myanmar people in Mae Sot test positive
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/12/2020
» TAK: Two Myanmar nationals who were among 120 people deemed at risk in Mae Sot district for Covid-19 infection tested positive on Tuesday and were quarantined.
Four illegal border crossers caught in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/10/2020
» TAK: Four Myanmar nationals were arrested by a government patrol after they waded across the Moei River from Myawaddy in the small hours on Monday.
Checks ramped up in Mae Sot
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/10/2020
» Thailand has tightened security at the main border trade gateway with Myanmar in Tak's Mae Sot district after three Myanmar nationals tested positive for the coronavirus at the Thai border.
Border checkpoints in Tak to close from Monday
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/03/2020
» TAK: All checkpoints in this northern border province along the border with Myanmar will be closed to people and vehicles - with an exception for vehicles transporting goods and their crew - from Monday, March 23, until further notice, governor Ansit Sampantharat said on Sunday.
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.