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Raid on six Tak locations with suspected link to human trafficking
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/10/2016
» TAK – A foreign national was charged with providing shelter to illegal Myanmar migrant workers during raids on six locations in Mae Sot district with suspected links to the trafficking of Rohingya migrants and illicit drugs.
PEA cuts power to two towns in Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/06/2023
» TAK: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) of Thailand has cut off the supply of electricity across the Moei river to two border towns in Myanmar where groups of Chinese businessmen have made huge illegal investments, at the request of the Myanmar government, Thai official sources said.
Kokko Chinatown project sparks concerns in Tak
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 23/06/2019
» Border towns are often labelled as remote villages without modern infrastructure or amenities.
Calls grow to turn Tak into proper SEZ
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/04/2019
» TAK: An ambitious plan to turn the border village of Kokko in Myanmar into a new Chinatown has sparked calls for the Thai government to speed up making Tak a fully fledged special economic zone (SEZ).
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.
108 refugees homeward bound from camp
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 11/07/2017
» TAK: A total of 108 Myanmar residents of the Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district have decided to return home.
Metered taxi service at Mae Sot airport
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/06/2015
» Metered taxi services are now available at Mae Sot airport in Tak province, as part of preparations for the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC), the Cooperative Promotion Department chief said on Friday.
38,000 meth pills seized in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 26/09/2014
» Stepped-up efforts to block the smuggling of methamphetamines from Myanmar through Tak province’s Mae Sot district already are bearing fruit after a foreign woman was caught with 38,000 speed pills there.
Levy bill upsets rubber reps
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 03/12/2012
» PHATTALUNG : Rubber industry representatives have voiced opposition to a bill which they say will benefit foreign investors at the expense of local farmers.