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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.
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.
Diesel shortage near Thai-Myanmar border as anti-smuggling efforts continue
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage of diesel while security officials arrest Thais for smuggling fuel into Myanmar.
32 Indonesians sneak into Thailand's Tak province from Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/01/2025
» TAK: Thirty-two Indonesian nationals, 30 men and two women, have been caught fleeing from neighbouring Myanmar into Thailand through a border area in Mae Sot district and detained for questioning.
Thai Muslims plan embassy protest
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/10/2023
» A group of Muslims in southern Thailand on Thursday announced plans to gather outside the Israeli embassy in Bangkok tomorrow to express their opinions on the Israel-Hamas war.
Residents flee fighting in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/04/2023
» TAK: More than 1,000 people fled across the border into Tak's Mae Sot and Mae Ramat districts on Thursday as fighting continued nearby between Myanmar government troops and Karen fighters.
Border crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/03/2022
» TAK: Police arrested 36 illegal Myanmar migrants in Mae Sot district early on Tuesday morning.
Illegal border crossers caught in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 14/03/2022
» TAK: Fifty-three Myanmar nationals were arrested at a security checkpoint in Mae Sot district late on Sunday night and charged with illegal entry.
Three groups of border crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/03/2022
» TAK: Forty-three Myanmar nationals were arrested after illegally crossing the border in three groups into Muang and Mae Sot districts of this northern border province on Monday, police said.
Thai women arrested for illegal entry
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/07/2021
» TAK: Eight Thai women were arrested by soldiers after they illegally crossed the Moei River from Myanmar into Mae Sot district early on Monday morning.