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Refugees held for killing policeman
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/03/2016
» Four Myanmar refugees were arrested yesterday for allegedly murdering a police officer near the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province on Tuesday.
Tak-Mae Sot highway to be briefly closed every day
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 17/02/2016
» A section of the hilly Tak-Mae Sot highway will be closed for half an hour every morning for nine months from March 1 to allow blasting on the mountain to widen the road to four lanes.
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.
Van-fuel truck crash kills two
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/03/2016
» TAK — Two Myanmar workers were killed and 13 others injured when a van they were travelling in slammed into a fuel truck in Muang district on Saturday.
Landslide kills villager in Tak
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/01/2016
» TAK — One villager was killed and another seriously injured in a landslide that struck the construction site of a community centre in Tha Song Yang district on Saturday.
Cross-border trade at Mae Sot 'unaffected'
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/12/2015
» Thai-Myanmar business and trade across the border in Mae Sot district of Tak province continued as usual on Sunday despite a small group of Myanmar people showing up at the crossing to protest the Koh Tao ruling.
Man arrested over B8m sugar swindle
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 06/01/2016
» TAK - A man accused of swindling a trader out of almost 8 million baht handed over as downpayment for a major sugar deal has been arrested at Mae Sot airport in this northern province.
Two arrested with dead tiger bound for restaurant
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 12/11/2015
» Authorities on Thursday arrested two men transporting a restaurant-bound tiger carcass during a traffic stop in Tak province near the Myanmar border.
Four killed in Lampang van crash
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 14/11/2015
» LAMPANG — Four women were killed and four others injured, two seriously, when a van they were travelling in for a field trip in Chiang Mai crashed into bridge railings and plunged into a creek in Thoen district of this northeastern province early Saturday morning.
Drought hampers border trade on Moei River
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/12/2015
» Drought conditions not usually seen until February have hit the Moei River, affecting trade and tap-water supplies along the Thai-Myanmar border.