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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.
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.
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.
Bus parcel held millions of Indian rupees
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/11/2020
» TAK: Authorities seized a box containing 16 million Indian rupees found in the luggage compartment of a bus departing from Mae Sot district to Chiang Rai province on Wednesday.
Marijuana intercepted on way to Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/10/2020
» TAK: Border offiials intercepted 136 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana being smuggled across the border from Mae Sot district to Myawaddy, in Myanmar, on Monday.
Moei river patrols increased against illegal border crossers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 31/08/2020
» TAK: Government agencies are combining in stepping up patrols along the Moei river to prevent illegal migration by job-seekers and others from Myanmar, where Covid-19 is spreading in western Rakhine State.
New friendship bridge 'will boost cross-border trade'
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/10/2019
» Tak: Local businesses are optimistic that the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, which is set to open on Thursday, will boost cross-border trade.
2nd friendship bridge to open tomorrow
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/10/2019
» Tak: Local businesses are optimistic that the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, which is set to open tomorrow, will boost cross-border trade.
Man arrested with smuggled Porsche on truck in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/09/2018
» TAK: A man was arrested with a concealed Porsche, destined for Myanmar, on the back of a truck at a security checkpoint in Mae Sot district shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning.
Smuggled brand-name goods, onions seized in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/07/2018
» TAK: Customs officials in Mae Sot district, with support from a local military unit, have seized about 3-million-baht worth of brand-name goods ordered on eBay and 1,156 kilogrammes of onions - all smuggled from Myanmar.