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Smuggled brand-name goods, onions seized in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 15/07/2018
» TAK: Customs officials in Mae Sot district, with support from a local military unit, have seized about 3-million-baht worth of brand-name goods ordered on eBay and 1,156 kilogrammes of onions - all smuggled from Myanmar.
Duty-free trade zone in Mae Sot on horizon
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/05/2018
» TAK: A company licensed to operate a duty-free trade zone along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district has proposed using more than 50 rai on the Asian Highway as part of a local special economic zone.
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.
Police officer found hanged in Mae Sot hotel
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/05/2018
» TAK: A police officer from a special operations unit was found hanged in a hotel in the northern border town of Mae Sot on Sunday morning. He was believed to have taken his own life.
China sugar import limits hit Thai-Myanmar trade
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 05/04/2018
» TAK: Trade value across the Mae Sot-Myawaddy border fell 9.8% in the first three months of this year after China imposed strict limits on sugar imports, affecting Thai sugar exports.
Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/04/2018
» TAK: Heavy rain hit four districts -- Muang, Sam Ngao, Ban Tak and Wang Chao -- in this northern border province late on Saturday night, causing flooding and partial blackouts in many low-lying areas.
Bus crash, fire kills 20 migrant workers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2018
» A double-decker bus loaded with Myanmar workers crashed and burned in Tak province Friday morning, killing 20 passengers.
Temple fire guts monks' house in Mae Sot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/03/2018
» TAK: An old house for monks at Wat Wang Takhian in Mae Sot district of this northern border province was heavily damaged in a pre-dawn fire on Sunday morning. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Border policeman arrested for attempted murder
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 25/02/2018
» TAK: A border patrol police officer has been arrested for shooting and seriously wounding his brother-in-law, a local policeman from Umphang district of this northern border province bordering Myanmar.
Farmers defy governor's field fire ban
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/02/2018
» Tak: Authorities concerned about haze caused by slash and burn farming were hunting villagers yesterday who defied a ban on outdoor burning by setting fire to a sugar cane field.