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3 bantengs released into the wild
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 30/03/2026
» Three bantengs were released into Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary's Khao Suea unit in Kanchanaburi's Muang district, to increase its population in the wild.
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.
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.
Karen centre of learning seeks govt aid
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/06/2023
» KANCHANABURI: A Karen learning centre in Sangkhla Buri district has appealed to the Education Ministry to provide it with financial aid, much as it does to formal schools, to improve the educational and student conditions there.
SUV overturns, 2 illegal migrants killed
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 02/03/2023
» KANCHANABURI: Two illegal migrants from Myanmar were killed and eight others hurt when a speeding SUV carrying them overturned after its tyres burst on a road in Muang district early Thursday. The driver and about 10 other migrants fled.
Fishery official caught smuggling migrants
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/03/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A fishery official assigned to a border checkpoint was arrested for smuggling three migrants from Myanmar into Muang district of this western border province on Saturday, police said.
Man arrested for frenzied street murder of pickup passenger
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 30/11/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A man has surrendered to police to face a charge of murdering a passenger in his mother's car, who was chased down by a motorcyclist and shot dead in Muang district on Monday morning.
Fleeing pickup passenger shot 10 times by motorcyclist
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 29/11/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A 27-year-old man died in a hail of bullets as he fled a gunman who stopped a vehicle driven by a 50-year-old woman he was travelling with in Muang district on Monday morning.
Former minister Decha Sukharom dies aged 86
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/09/2021
» KANCHNABURI: Dr Decha Sucarom, a former public health minister and six-time MP, died at 10.29pm on Monday at the age of 86, his daughter Vorasuda Sucarom posted on her Facebook page.
Covid closes country's longest wooden bridge
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 11/08/2021
» KANCHANABURI: The communicable disease committee of this western province has closed the country's longest wooden bridge, known as Saphan Mon, isolating a village where Covid-19 cases are increasing.