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162 illegal migrant workers caught in Kanchanaburi forest
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 19/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - A group of 162 illegal migrant workers from Myanmar has been arrested on Sunday while they were waiting in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district for transport to promised jobs in Thai provinces and Malaysia.
Ranger drowns in cave looking for tourist's dropped phone
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/04/2025
» KANCHANABURI - A park ranger drowned while trying to retrieve a mobile phone a visitor dropped into the stream inside Tham Sao Hin cave in Thong Pha Phum district on Tuesday afternoon.
New Zealander dies after falling off Death Railway train
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/12/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A New Zealand tourist fell to his death from a train while taking photos of the scenic route of the Death Railway on Tuesday.
43 more illegal Myanmar migrants, 2 drivers arrested
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 03/08/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Forty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar on board four vehicles and two drivers were arrested in Sangkhla Buri district on Wednesday morning. Two other drivers managed to flee.
Monk rescued after 50m fall in cave
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 07/03/2022
» KANCHANABURI: An injured monk was rescued from a mountain cave in Bo Phloy district after he fell about 50 metres to the floor when a rope ladder broke as he was entering it to meditate.
Cops arrest illegals inside cave hideout
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 22/01/2022
» Police arrested more than 80 illegal Myanmar migrants who were in hiding in a cave in Kanchanaburi on Thursday.
Illegal job seekers from Myanmar caught in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Eighty-three people were arrested after crossing the border illegally from Myanmar into Thong Pha Phum district on Thursday, police said.
Young girl shot while children playing alone in room
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/12/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A five-year-old girl died from her wounds when a shotgun discharged while she and two young boys were playing alone in a room in a village chief's house in Phanom Thuan district on Monday.
52 border-crossers arrested in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/04/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Fifty-two Myanmar border-crossers were arrested in Sai Yok district by a patrol of the Lat Ya Task Force on Monday.
More Myanmar job-seekers held for illegal entry
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/04/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Six more illegal job-seekers from Myanmar and two Thai guides have been arrested in Sangkhla Buri district.