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Lotto-dispute teacher sues comedian ‘Nose’
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/08/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Popular Thai comedian Udom “Nose” Taepanich is in trouble yet again with someone who doesn’t share his sense of humour. This time it is a Kanchanaburi teacher who gained notoriety during a long-running battle over a 30-million-baht lottery prize.
Planting the seeds of self-reliance
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 19/08/2025
» One fine morning, young students at Sahathanakhan Krungthep Border Patrol Police School in Sangkhla Buri district, Kanchanaburi, were fully absorbed in rice planting activities.
30 detained for forest violations, illegal entry
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 14/09/2024
» Thirty people, including nine children, were arrested yesterday for crossing the border illegally, encroaching on forest land, and destroying the forest in Srinagarindra Dam National Park in Kanchanaburi.
Troublesome stray jumbos will be moved to new area
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 30/12/2023
» KANCHANABURI: Forestry authorities are eyeing a large area of land to accommodate wild elephants, which often stray into communities in Muang district.
Rare species spotted in Sri Sawat
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/01/2023
» Rare subspecies of Indochinese tigers, gaurs and a clouded leopard have been found in the forest of Sri Sawat, which is now largely a non-hunting zone, said park chief Prawut Prempree.
Rare species avoid being hunted in Sri Sawat forest
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 19/01/2023
» Rare subspecies of Indochinese tigers, gaurs and a clouded leopard have been found in the forest of Sri Sawat, which is now largely a non-hunting zone, said park chief Prawut Prempree.
Give way to elephants, or go to jail
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/02/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Motorists using a highway also favoured by wild elephants in Muang district have been warned they face up to 10 years' imprisonment and a million baht fine if they hit and injure one of the giant animals, and wildlife authorities will strictly enforce the penalties.
Suspects in tiger hunt ordered to remove homes from national park
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Authorities have ordered the removal from Khao Laem National Park of the houses of five people charged with killing two wild tigers in jungle near the Myanmar border.
Demolition of B30m resort on national park land nearly complete
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/12/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Demolition of a 30-million-baht luxury resort that encroached on Srinakarin Dam National Park in Si Sawat district is almost complete, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation official reported on Monday.
Forest ranger stabs colleague, shoots himself dead
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 26/11/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A forest ranger stabbed a colleague with a knife and then shot himself dead during a quarrel while they were taking foreign researchers to install camera traps in deep forest in Thong Pha Phum district on Thursday.