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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.
Errant kamikaze drone sparks petition
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/07/2025
» Thailand has lodged a petition via the Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) following the discovery of a military kamikaze drone that reportedly crashed in Tak province, a source said.
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.
PEA cuts power to two towns in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/06/2023
» TAK: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand has cut off the supply of electricity across the Moei river to two border towns in Myanmar where groups of Chinese businessmen have made huge illegal investments, at the request of the Myanmar government, Thai official sources said.
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.
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.
Curfew for migrant workers in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 08/07/2021
» TAK: Local authorities have imposed a night curfew on migrant workers in Mae Sot district, and asked Thais to also stay home, in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19.
Tak closes border as Covid-19 fears grow
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/10/2020
» Tak officials announced a week-long border closure on the same day Covid-19 tests came back negative for all 26 classmates of a 10-year-old found among the latest batch of three reported cases in the district.
Six caught sneaking in from Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/09/2020
» TAK: Five Thais and one Chinese national have been arrested on charges of illegally crossing the border into Mae Sot district, just across from the site of a casino in Myawaddy, Myanmar.
Illegally-felled logs seized in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/05/2020
» TAK: A team of soldiers from the 4th Infantry Regiment seized a large number of illegally-felled logs and processed wood in a raid at a village in Mae Sot district on Sunday, according to local media.