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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.
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.
Briton arrested for drug abuse on Koh Phangan
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 18/04/2024
» SURAT THANI: A British man was arrested while begging in front of a convenience store on the well-known tourist destination of Koh Phangan.
Friendship Bridge now ready for reopening
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/01/2023
» Tak: The Friendship Bridge linking Thailand and Myanmar reopens tomorrow, much to the delight of eager traders who have waited three years for the resumption of border trade stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Raids net 321 outlaw foreigners
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/11/2018
» TAK: A total of 321 illegal migrants were rounded up during coordinated raids in Mae Sot district early on Thursday morning.
Cambodians, Chinese caught in immigration raids in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2018
» TAK: Forty Cambodian and 20 Chinese nationals were arrested for immigration offences during raids in Mae Sot district on Wednesday morning.
Rain closes Thi Lo Su waterfall and Umphang sanctuary
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/07/2018
» TAK: Heavy rain has led to a ban on tourists entering Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes the popular Thi Lo Su waterfall, and from rafting on the Mae Klong River.
Duty-free trade zone in Mae Sot on horizon
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/05/2018
» TAK: A company licensed to operate a duty-free trade zone along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district has proposed using more than 50 rai on the Asian Highway as part of a local special economic zone.