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Hundreds more scam workers flee Myawaddy
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2025
» Nearly 1,700 people from 21 countries have fled KK Park, a notorious scam centre in Myawaddy township in Myanmar, and crossed the border into Tak province over the past two days, Thai authorities said on Friday.
Briton arrested for drug abuse on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 18/04/2024
» SURAT THANI: A British man was arrested while begging in front of a convenience store on the well-known tourist destination of Koh Phangan.
Myawaddy households struggle without power from Thailand
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/06/2023
» TAK: Ordinary households in Myawaddy have been hit hard by the decision to cut off the supply of electricity across the border from Thailand, but big Chinese investors are unaffected, their huge complexes brightly lit as usual at night.
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.
Covid-19 screening point raided in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/05/2020
» TAK: A Covid-19 screening unit in Mae Sot district of this northern border province was raided by a group of at least three men who destroyed state property and a "pantry of sharing" early on Sunday, police said.
Myanmar man self-isolates in tree house
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2020
» TAK: A migrant worker refused entry to his home village when he returned from Thailand, for fear he was carrying Covid-19 disease, opted to isolate himself in a tree house until it was clear he was free of the disease, according to a local media report.
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.
Six policemen transferred after suspects fled
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/10/2018
» TAK: Police commissioner Chakthip Chaijinda has transferred six officials, including the acting commander, of the Mae Sot police station after two Chinese suspects on China’s arrest warrants escaped from detention.
Hunter arrested while grilling civet
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/02/2018
» TAK: Police arrested a hunter who was cooking the meat of a civet he had allegedly just killed in a national park in Phop Phra district Monday.
Falling farm prices, currency hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/01/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the border with Myanmar border in Mae Sot district dropped more than 10% last year on falling prices in the agricultural sector and a drop in the value of the kyat.