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Errant kamikaze drone sparks petition
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/07/2025
» Thailand has lodged a petition via the Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) following the discovery of a military kamikaze drone that reportedly crashed in Tak province, a source said.
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.
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.
Northern border highway damaged by landslides
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/07/2021
» TAK: Highway 105 was blocked by fallen trees and landslides between Mae Ramat and Tha Song Yang district during heavy rainstorms on Monday night.
Fire roars through Karen refugee camp
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/02/2021
» TAK: A fire destroyed at least 100 houses at Thailand's largest camp for Karen refugees, in Tha Song Yang district, on Tuesday night. There were no reports of casualties.
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.
Tak highway blocked by fallen tree as bridge collapses
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/09/2019
» TAK: Traffic on Highway 1267 in Tha Song Yang district of this northern border province was temporarily blocked after a large tree, about 100 years old, fell across it following a heavy downpour early on Sunday, police said.
Karen female student goes missing in Moei river
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/02/2019
» TAK: A Karen female student went missing while collecting molluscs in the Moei river on Saturday, and local officials in Tha Song Yang district of this northern province continued to search for her on on Sunday morning.
Tak jolted by minor quake
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/01/2019
» TAK: A minor earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 1.04am on Sunday, the seismology office of the Thai Meteorological Department said.