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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.
Villagers call for help as dumped tourist garbage blocks road
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 03/11/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Residents of a border village in the tourist district of Sangkhla Buri are calling for urgent action against lazy garbage truck drivers dumping their loads on a local road instead of at the nearby rubbish tip.
Demolition order for roadside shacks
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 24/10/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Operators of shacks selling miscellaneous items along Highway 323 in Sangkhla Buri district have been ordered to demolish them following a report that they have provided shelter for illegal border crossers.
River Kwai traders suffer after closures
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/01/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Tourism in this western province has gone quiet since provincial authorities suddenly ordered the closure of hotels and resorts to prevent the spread of Covid-19, leaving vendors bemoaning the plunge in their income.
River Kwai bridge vendors bemoan lack of tourists
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/01/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Tourism in Kanchanaburi has gone quiet since provincial authorities suddenly ordered the closure of hotels and resorts to prevent the spread of Covid-19, leaving vendors bemoaning the plunge in their income.
Water level low at Vajiralongkorn dam
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 12/08/2020
» KANCHANABURI: The water level in the reservoir at Vajiralongkorn dam in Sangkhlaburi district remains very low, at only 42.53% of its capacity, raising fears that 2021 will be another year of water shortages, dam director Waiwit Saengpanich said on Wednesday.
Fire hits Sangkhlaburi market
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 26/05/2020
» KANCHANABURI: A fire broke out at the fresh market in the Tambon Wang Ka Municipality in Sangkhlaburi district on Tuesday morning, causing about 30 million baht of damage. There were no casualties, police said.
Illegal housing in border SEZ ordered demolished
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/07/2018
» KANCHANABURI: Developers building and selling houses on Treasury Department land in the Ban Phu Nam Ron Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Muang district have been given 15 days to demolish them all.
Disaster assistance for tambon plundered by wild elephants
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 14/06/2018
» KANCHANABURI: An area in Thong Pha Phum district has finally been declared a disaster zone after being pillaged for the last month by wild elephants, with residents too scared to work in their raided fields.