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Hundreds of Chinese detainees riot in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/12/2025
» TAK - Security officials were checking for possible escapees after more than 300 Chinese being held in a detention zone in Mae Sot district, bordering Myanmar, rioted on Tuesday night.
Shells from Myanmar hit border area
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/12/2025
» TAK: The army fired smoke rounds into Myanmar after shells from across the border landed in Mae Sot district, damaging a house and injuring at least two civilians.
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.
Friendship Bridge bomb heightens fear
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/04/2022
» MAE SOT, TAK: A car bomb went off at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the Myawaddy side of the border opposite Mae Sot district late on Saturday night, a security source said on Sunday.
Tensions remain at Tak refugee camp after riot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/12/2021
» TAK: Officials were still struggling to regain full control of the Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district on Wednesday evening after a riot there Tuesday night.
Fire roars through Karen refugee camp
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/02/2021
» TAK: A fire destroyed at least 100 houses at Thailand's largest camp for Karen refugees, in Tha Song Yang district, on Tuesday night. There were no reports of casualties.
Fire hits Mae Sot commercial building
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/09/2018
» TAK: A fire broke out at a three-storey commercial building in the heart of the border town of Mae Sot, opposite Myanmar's Myawaddy town across the Moei river, on Sunday morning. The fire caused about 30 million baht damage.
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.
Temple fire guts monks' house in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/03/2018
» TAK: An old house for monks at Wat Wang Takhian in Mae Sot district of this northern border province was heavily damaged in a pre-dawn fire on Sunday morning. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Farmers defy governor's field fire ban
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/02/2018
» Tak: Authorities concerned about haze caused by slash and burn farming were hunting villagers yesterday who defied a ban on outdoor burning by setting fire to a sugar cane field.