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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.
Cases prompt factory closures
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/07/2021
» KANCHANABURI: More than 140 people tested positive for Covid-19 during mass testing at seven fruit-processing factories in Tha Maka district, prompting a week-long closure.
Large cluster at Kanchanaburi fruit plants
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 22/07/2021
» KANCHANABURI: More than 100 people have tested positive for Covid-19 during mass testing at seven fruit-processing factories in Tha Maka district.
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.
Reserve seen as 'safe harbour'
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 04/07/2019
» The camera trap project -- a joint effort between the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to take pictures of what lies inside our wildlife spaces -- shows the Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary, the first wildlife reserve in the country in Kanchanaburi province abundant with rare wildlife.
Ethnic man says he was ordered to take officials hunting
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 11/10/2018
» KANCHANABURI: A forest temple caretaker accused of poaching has told park rangers that two Thai men claiming to be government officials ordered him to take them bearcat hunting in Sai Yok National Park.
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.
Wild elephants plunder village in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 04/05/2018
» KANCHANABURI: A herd of wild elephants raided a village in Muang district and destroyed crops and property early on Thursday.
Tiger temple animals now 'starving'
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 04/02/2018
» Hundreds of animals, including a lion, are being underfed at Kanchanaburi's Tiger Temple, according to a recent visitor who posted his concerns on Facebook.