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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.
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.
Three Chinese fleeing bombed KK Park sneak into Thailand
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/11/2025
» Three Chinese men who fled from the KK Park scam complex in Myawaddy, Myanmar, were caught sneaking into Thailand near the border in Tak northern province on Thursday.
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.
Chinese officials visit Thai-Myanmar border for anti-scam talks
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/01/2025
» Chinese and Thai security authorities visited border areas in Tak province on Wednesday to work out measures to help victims of Chinese scam gangs based in Myawaddy across the border in Myanmar.
Truck plunges off washed-out bridge during heavy rain
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 04/09/2024
» A pickup truck plunged off the end of a washed-out bridge during heavy rain in the early hours of the morning in Tak province on Wednesday.
School official in Tak faces sack after sexual abuse probe
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/01/2024
» The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) yesterday said a 43-year-old deputy school director in the northern province of Tak is facing the sack after an investigation found there were grounds to claims he molested a number of female students and sent inappropriate messages.
Reinforcements sent to Myanmar camp where riot erupted
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/12/2021
» TAK: Security authorities sent reinforcements to the Myanmar refugee camp where a riot erupted on Tuesday night and insisted on legal action against dissident refugees.
Two survive, one missing after boat capsizes
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/08/2019
» TAK: Two people survived and one is missing when their fishing boat sank in the Moei River along the Thai-Myanmar border in Phop Phra district late on Friday night. Rescuers have begun the search for the missing man.
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.