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Four killed, 31 hurt as pickup packed with migrants crashes
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Four people were killed and at least 31 others injured when a box pickup truck carrying undocumented migrants lost control and overturned in Sai Yok district on Saturday morning. The driver fled the scene.
Pet lion mauls 2 villagers including 11-year-old boy
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 05/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI: A man and a boy were wounded when they were attacked by a pet lion which escaped from its house in Bo Phloi district Saturday night.
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.
Chinese-led scam gangs leave Payathonzu
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/02/2025
» Chinese businesses have deserted Payathonzu, a Myanmar border town adjacent to Kanchanaburi province, days after Thailand cut off power, oil and internet services to put the squeeze on criminal gangs, according to Thai security sources.
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.
German tourist, van driver killed in crash
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 27/02/2023
» KANCHANABURI: A German tourist and a tour van driver were killed and the two other passengers injured in a head-on collision with a car that crossed the centre line in Sai Yok district on Sunday.
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.
7-Eleven robbed in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 10/02/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A barefoot man with a gun in a plastic bag robbed a 7-Eleven store in Muang district of about 7,000 baht early on Thursday.
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.
Abusive drug rehab centre shut down
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 24/09/2021
» KANCHANABURI: The Department of Medical Services has ordered the immediate closure of a drug rehabilitation centre at a local temple following complaints of violent abuse and extortion of addicts admitted for treatment there.