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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.
Fire destroys 200 vehicles in Mae Sot customs compound
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/03/2025
» TAK - Fire destroyed about 200 impounded vehicles in the parking lot of the customs office in Mae Sot district on Tuesday night.
Extreme heat in Lampang
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/04/2024
» Temperatures in the Thoen district of the northern Lampang province reached 42 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday, the hottest temperatures for this year's summer so far.
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.
Traders call for border reopening
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/01/2023
» The volume of goods traded with Myanmar through the border in Chiang Rai is expected to grow twofold if Myanmar agrees to reopen the checkpoint in Mae Sai district, according to Chiang Rai's Chamber of Commerce.
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.
Seven truckloads of smuggled rice seized in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/11/2019
» TAK: More than 300,000 kilogrammes of rice believed smuggled from Myanmar for labeling as Thai rice have been seized from seven trailer trucks in Mae Sot district.
Second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge to open Oct 30
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/10/2019
» The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge across the Moei River in Tak's Mae Sot district will be officially opened on Oct 30, according to a press release from the Highways Department.
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.
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.