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Three Chinese fleeing bombed KK Park sneak into Thailand
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/11/2025
» Three Chinese men who fled from the KK Park scam complex in Myawaddy, Myanmar, were caught sneaking into Thailand near the border in Tak northern province on Thursday.
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.
Hundreds more scam workers flee Myawaddy
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2025
» Nearly 1,700 people from 21 countries have fled KK Park, a notorious scam centre in Myawaddy township in Myanmar, and crossed the border into Tak province over the past two days, Thai authorities said on Friday.
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.
Popular waterfall in Thailand's Tak province reopens after rehab
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2024
» The popular Thi Lo Su waterfall in Tak reopened on Sunday after two months of closure to allow the natural attraction to recover.
Man caught stringing suspected scam cables across river to Myanmar
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/09/2024
» TAK - A man was has been arrested beside the Moei river in Mae Sot district while allegedly stringing power and communications cables illegally across the river to Myanmar.
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.
Truck operator dumped sewage near village water supply
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/11/2020
» TAK: Karen villagers in Phop Phra district have confronted the operator of a septic waste truck for dumping sewage in a community forest and watershed area they have used for drinking water for generations.
Illegally cut teak seized in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 20/05/2020
» TAK: A large quantity of team wood was seized from a village near the Mae Sot National Park in Mae Sot district on Tuesday by police from the Natural Resources and Environment Crime Suppression Division and soldiers from the 4th Infantry Regiment.
Myanmar man self-isolates in tree house
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2020
» TAK: A migrant worker refused entry to his home village when he returned from Thailand, for fear he was carrying Covid-19 disease, opted to isolate himself in a tree house until it was clear he was free of the disease, according to a local media report.