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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.
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.
Checks ramped up in Mae Sot
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/10/2020
» Thailand has tightened security at the main border trade gateway with Myanmar in Tak's Mae Sot district after three Myanmar nationals tested positive for the coronavirus at the Thai border.
8 Thai women finally return home from Myanmar via Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/04/2020
» TAK: Eight Thai women who had worked in Myanmar returned to Thailand via Mae Sot district of this northern border province on Sunday morning.
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.
China sugar import limits hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/04/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border fell 9.8% in the first three months of this year after China imposed strict limits on sugar imports, affecting Thai sugar exports.
Thailand, Myanmar launch joint border patrol
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 21/01/2018
» TAK: Thailand and Myanmar have launched a joint border patrol along the Moei River for the prevention and suppression of smuggling of drugs, labour-trafficking, military-grade weapons and other law-offending activities.
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.