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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.
Man held for moving scam gang's equipment
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/02/2025
» Tak: Security officials have arrested a man and seized a large quantity of computers, mobile phones and SIM cards linked to call-centre scammers in Mae Ramat district of this border western province.
Man arrested in Tak with 1500 phones, SIM cards 'used for scams'
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/02/2025
» TAK: Security officials have arrested a man and seized a large quantity of computers, mobile phones and SIM cards belonged to call-centre scammers in Mae Ramat district of this border western province.
Chinese officials visit Thai-Myanmar border for anti-scam talks
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/01/2025
» Chinese and Thai security authorities visited border areas in Tak province on Wednesday to work out measures to help victims of Chinese scam gangs based in Myawaddy across the border in Myanmar.
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.
Three groups of border crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/03/2022
» TAK: Forty-three Myanmar nationals were arrested after illegally crossing the border in three groups into Muang and Mae Sot districts of this northern border province on Monday, police said.
Half the workers in Mae Sot factory test positive
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 28/06/2021
» More than half of the 840 Myanmar migrant and Thai workers in three factories in Tak's Mae Sot district have tested positive for Covid-19 during a massive screening operation carried out Saturday night, says a doctor at Mae Sot Hospital.
Myanmar, Chinese illegal migrants arrested
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 09/07/2020
» TAK: Officials arrested 12 Myanmar and three Chinese illegal migrants in Phop Phra and Mae Sot districts on Wednesday.
Tak highway blocked by landslides
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/08/2019
» TAK: Traffic on Highway 1090 linking Mae Sot, Phop Phra and Umphang districts in this northern border province was blocked by landslides late on Saturday night. The road was partially reopened on Sunday morning.