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15 Myanmar border-crossers caught in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/07/2021
» TAK: A patrol of the 35th Ranger Task Force arrested 15 illegal Myanmar migrants at a farm hut in Mae Ramat district on Tuesday morning.
Four killed in Myanmar family brutal murder
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/12/2018
» TAK: A Myanmar couple and their two sons - one four years and the other four months old - were found to have been killed following a feud with fellow Myanmar migrants at a village farm in Mae Sot district.
Elephantiasis case in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/09/2018
» Tak: Mae Sot General Hospital on Sunday confirmed at least one new case of elephantiasis in the province, six months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) lauded Thailand for eradicating the tropical disease.
Landmine kills Thai boy inside Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/05/2018
» TAK: An 8-year-old Thai boy was killed and a 13-year-old from Myanmar badly injured after they stepped on landmines while picking wild mushrooms inside Myanmar territory on Saturday morning.
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.
Falling farm prices, currency hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/01/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the border with Myanmar border in Mae Sot district dropped more than 10% last year on falling prices in the agricultural sector and a drop in the value of the kyat.
Tree falls on farm tractor, 3 killed 5 hurt, in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/11/2017
» TAK: Three refugees, including a 4-year-old girl, riding on a farm tractor were killed and five others injured when a roadside tree fell on them as they travelled a road near the Myanmar border on Tuesday.
108 Myanmar refugees to voluntarily return home
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 10/07/2017
» TAK – A total of 108 Myanmar residents of Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district have decided to return home.
Mae Sot-Myawaddy trade grows about 20%
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/07/2016
» Thai-Myanmar border trade through the Mae Sot-Myawaddy crossing rose 19.6% year on year in the first half of 2016 to 38.53 billion baht and is expected to grow for the rest of the year, Wisawa Pitisuksombat, customs chief in Mae Sot district of Tak, said on Friday.
Man stabs wife before trying to take own life
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/02/2016
» TAK — A 60-year-old man stabbed his wife to death in a fit of jealousy before turning the knife on himself, but failed in his suicide attempt at their house in Ramat district of this northern province in the early hours of Saturday.