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Thai army watching Myanmar border amid scammer exodus
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/11/2025
» Tak: The Royal Thai Army's (RTA) Naresuan Force is monitoring the Thai–Myanmar border in Mae Sot district as over 1,500 foreign nationals have fled from KK Park to Thailand, a military source said on Saturday.
Illegal internet cables found installed across Thai-Myanmar bridge
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/12/2024
» TAK - Large internet cables have been found illegally installed across the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge and were being used by call centre gangs.
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.
Details of Mae Sot-Nakhon Sawan railway to be released Friday
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/03/2021
» TAK: Details of the planned Mae Sot-Tak-Kamphaeng Phet-Nakhon Sawan double-track railway will be announced at a seminar on March 19 at the Wiang Tak Hotel in Muang district.
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.
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.
Calls grow to turn Tak into proper SEZ
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/04/2019
» TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ).
Duty-free trade zone in Mae Sot on horizon
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/05/2018
» TAK: A company licensed to operate a duty-free trade zone along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district has proposed using more than 50 rai on the Asian Highway as part of a local special economic zone.
Road linking Mae Sot with EWEC highway nearly finished
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/01/2018
» TAK: The construction of a new road to connect Mae Sot with part of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam is expected to be completed next month.