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Survey starts for Mae Sot metropolis
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/10/2014
» Surveying of border areas began in Tak province on Friday for the planned Mae Sot metropolis, part of the new east-west economic corridor to connect with Myanmar.
Hmong village headman shot
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 19/11/2014
» A Hmong village headman was shot and his four-year-old daughter injured in an attack at his home in Tak’s Phop Phra district late Tuesday night, police said.
Truck crash in Tak kills two
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 29/11/2014
» Two people, including the driver, were killed and four other workers injured, two seriously, when a truck loaded with glass crashed into a hill in Mae Sot district of Tak province on Saturday.
Fighting closes Mae Sot border post
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/09/2014
» Fighting between Myanmar government soldiers and Karen rebels has resulted in the closure on Saturday of a key border station in Mae Sot district of Tak province.
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.
Lorry smashes head-on into songthaew, killing 16
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 01/05/2014
» At least 16 people were killed when a lorry crashed head-on into a local songthaew on a mountain road in Tak's Muang district late yesterday morning, police and hospital officials said.
Fire sweeps Tak refugee camp
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 27/12/2013
» TAK - A ferocious blaze on Friday swept through part of the Mae La camp for Karen refugees in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province, injuring one man.
Link Mae Sot to other projects, Pisanu says
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 13/06/2013
» TAK : The planned Mae Sot special economic zone should be linked with other megaprojects in Myanmar, Thailand's ambassador to Myanmar Pisanu Suvanajata says.
Rice smuggled from Myanmar seized
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 02/07/2013
» Customs officers in Tak's Mae Sot district have seized 25 tonnes of rice smuggled from Myanmar believed intended for pledging under the government's rice price scheme.
Satellites to watch hotspots
News, Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 04/02/2013
» LAMPANG : Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi has ordered northern provincial authorities to use satellite surveillance to monitor bushfires and cut down on haze pollution.