TAK, 23 June 2014 (NNT) -The Tak Social Development and Human Security Office has called a parade to condemn human trafficking and illegal migrant labor exploitation in Mae Sod district. Tak Governor Somchai Hatayatanti called on the assembled police officers to eliminate human trafficking and the coercion of foreign laborers entering the country illegally. Both […]
TAK, June 9 – Thai drug authorities on Sunday arrested a woman accused of trafficking drugs between Myanmar and Thailand. Read more: MCOT
At least 14 people were killed when a truck crashed head-on into a local bus on a mountain road in Tak’s Muang district late Wednesday morning, police and hospital officials said. Read more: Bangkok Post
TAK, 24 April 2014 (NNT) – An official opening ceremony was held today for a new solar power plant in Sam Ngao District in Tak Province. The plant was built in order to meet energy needs, to reduce money spent on imported fuel from overseas, and because solar energy is considered to be clean energy […]
TAK, March 25 – At least 29 people were killed and 23 injured Monday as their chartered bus careered off a winding hillside road into a ravine in the northern province of Tak. The bus rented for a group of older local government staff from Tha Sai Luat subdistrict of Tak’s Mae Sot district for […]
BANGKOK, 22 January 2014 (NNT) – The intense high pressure area maintaining its grasp over Thailand has caused the mercury to drop and fog to occur in many provinces in the North and Northeast. At Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai, heavy fog has reduced road visibility at some spots to between 5 and 10 meters, […]
Hundreds of Karen refugees were left homeless after more than 100 wooden houses in a refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province were burned down. The fire took place at about 2 p.m. at Zone C of Ban Mae La refugee camp. Read more: thaipbs.or.th Thai PBS
Two forest rangers were killed and two others seriously injured in the latest fierce gun battle in Tak with a group of tiger hunters. The latest loss has raised the number of casualties among men hired to protect against wildlife poaching and tree cutting. Since 2009, 42 forest rangers have been killed on duty and […]
