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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.
Extreme heat in Lampang
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/04/2024
» Temperatures in the Thoen district of the northern Lampang province reached 42 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday, the hottest temperatures for this year's summer so far.
Truck operator dumped sewage near village water supply
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/11/2020
» TAK: Karen villagers in Phop Phra district have confronted the operator of a septic waste truck for dumping sewage in a community forest and watershed area they have used for drinking water for generations.
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.
Mass Myanmar jailbreak puts police on alert in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/09/2018
» TAK: Security has been tightened along the Thai-Myanmar border in this northern province following a jailbreak in Hpa-An, the capital of neighbouring Kayin State in Myanmar.
Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/04/2018
» TAK: Heavy rain hit four districts -- Muang, Sam Ngao, Ban Tak and Wang Chao -- in this northern border province late on Saturday night, causing flooding and partial blackouts in many low-lying areas.
The cream of the crops
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/01/2018
» Rubber farmers suffering from freefalling crop prices are being urged to consider a departure from their traditional practice of sticking to one crop and embrace integrated farming to balance out their investment risk. Authorities in the southern province of Songkhla recently held a meeting to exchange ideas on how to create jobs and boost the earnings of rubber planters following years of plummeting rubber prices.