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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.
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.
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.
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 in Tak for illegal entry
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2020
» TAK: Six Chinese men were arrested in Mae Sot district of this northern border province on Wednesday morning for illegal entry.
Moei river patrols increased against illegal border crossers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 31/08/2020
» TAK: Government agencies are combining in stepping up patrols along the Moei river to prevent illegal migration by job-seekers and others from Myanmar, where Covid-19 is spreading in western Rakhine State.
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.