The second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge, across the Moei River in Mae Sot district of Thailand’s north-western province of Tak, was officially opened to traffic today (Wednesday). The new crossing is expected to help boost Thai exports to 100 billion baht a year, from 78 billion at present. The opening ceremony was jointly led by Thai […]
TAK, July 9 (TNA) – Over 20 students and teachers were stranded after a heavy rain triggered flash floods and mudslides in Tha Song Yang district of Tak province. Torrential downpours hit villages located in the mountainous terrain of the district for days. Subsequent flash floods swept through Mae Tawo village while waterways overflew Monday […]
TAK: The abbot of a temple, Wat Pa Mai Dungdee, in Mae Sot district of this northern border province has only 100 baht left after a thief broke into his room early Sunday and made off with about 20,000 baht in donations, police said. The burglary, which occurred at about 3am, was reported to police […]
Customs officials and army troops seized more than 4,500 baby endangered turtles and some tropical fish from a passenger van on the Mae Sot-Tak highway in Mae Sot district of Thailand’s northwestern province of Tak on Tuesday. The seized turtles include 586 Indian star tortoises, an endangered species listed in Category 1 by CITES, 75 […]
TAK, Dec 20 (TNA) – Anti-drug police on Thursday launched the operations to crack down on the major drug network in Tak province. The operations have been carried out at 25 locations in five provinces while the main target of the police operations is in Tak’s Mae Sot district, where a drug kingpin, identifies as […]
A 3.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled in Tak’s Tha Song Yang district on Wednesday just before lunch hour, the Seismological Bureau has reported. The quake hit at 11.46am. Its epicentre was about 1 kilometre underground at longitude 17.51 and latitude 98.08, said the bureau, which is under the Meteorological Department. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
A Thai man was arrested early on Wednesday after he was caught transporting a Porsche supercar with fake licence plate from the Myanmar border to downtown Tak. The arrest was made at 12.10am by troops, customs officials and police at the Hin Fon checkpoint on Asia Highway No 12 in Tak’s Mae Sot district. Full […]
A bus taking documented Myanmar migrants from Tak to Bangkok flipped very early on Saturday, killing one worker and injuring 12 others, police said. Police said the accident happened at 12.30am on Asia Highway no 12 in Tambon Mae Thor in Tak’s Muang district. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
