Showing 1 - 10 of 17
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.
Tak braces for refugee influx
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/02/2025
» Tak: The Tak Provincial Public Health Office is gearing up for an influx of patients from refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border, with around 40,000-50,000 people expected.
Popular waterfall in Thailand's Tak province reopens after rehab
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2024
» The popular Thi Lo Su waterfall in Tak reopened on Sunday after two months of closure to allow the natural attraction to recover.
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.
Two more Myanmar people in Mae Sot test positive
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/12/2020
» TAK: Two Myanmar nationals who were among 120 people deemed at risk in Mae Sot district for Covid-19 infection tested positive on Tuesday and were quarantined.
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.
Chinese arrested for illegal entry in North
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 18/09/2020
» TAK: Two Chinese men were arrested after illegally crossing the Moei River from Myanmar to Thailand in Mae Sot district on Friday morning.
Seven truckloads of smuggled rice seized in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 22/11/2019
» TAK: More than 300,000 kilogrammes of rice believed smuggled from Myanmar for labeling as Thai rice have been seized from seven trailer trucks in Mae Sot 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.