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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.
Free weekend travel on new motorway to Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/04/2024
» KANCHANABURI: Motorists can now use a section of the new motorway being built between Nakhon Pathom and Kanchanaburi provinces for free every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Myanmar woman arrested with empty M16 cartridges
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/09/2023
» KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar woman was arrested in Sangkhla Buri district of this western province on Saturday for illegally having in possession 920 empty M16 cartridges and 24 magazines loaded with M16 ammunition.
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.
Navy team arrives at Sri Nakarin dam to retrieve body of missing teen
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/11/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A navy special operations team arrived at the Sri Nakarin dam in Si Sawat district on Sunday to retrieve the body of an 18-year-old boy who fell from a jet ski and went missing in the dam reservoir on Oct 24.
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.
Job seekers from Myanmar arrested in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/09/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Thirty-four job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after illegally crossing the border into Muang district in the early hours of Wednesday.
Colour-coded job seekers found hiding on 18-wheel truck
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/05/2022
» KANCHANABURI: More than 100 illegal Myanmar job seekers with coloured string around their wrists to show their various destinations were arrested after the 18-wheel trailer truck they were hiding in became stuck when it turned off a main road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.
More Myanmar arrested for illegal entry, Thai guide caught
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 02/03/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Another 33 Myanmar nationals have been caught entering the country illegally in search of jobs, and a Thai guide has admitted he was being paid 3,000 baht per head to bring workers across the border.
Mass fish deaths leave farmers in deep trouble
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 24/01/2021
» KANCHANABURI: More than 100 tonnes of fish raised in baskets in the reservoir of Vachiralongkorn Dam in Thong Pha Phum district have died from an unknown cause, leaving fish farmers with losses of about 15 million baht.