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Lack of fuel halts garbage collection
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/03/2026
» KANCHANABURI - Lack of diesel brought garbage collection to a halt in Kanchanaburi municipality on Tuesday morning, with the trucks not beginning their rounds until fuel was available in the afternoon
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.
M81 motorway toll-free during King’s Cup tournament
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 26/08/2025
» The M81 motorway, running from Bang Yai in Nonthaburi to Kanchanaburi, will be free of charge for drivers from Aug 29 to Sept 10 to facilitate travel to the King’s Cup football tournament, according the Department of Highways.
Border warehouses' back gates into Myanmar ordered shut
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 28/05/2025
» KANCHANABURI - All gates of border warehouses in Sangkhla Buri district opening into Myanmar's Payathonzu township were ordered closed after a smuggler was arrested carrying about 18 million baht in cash.
Inmates recaptured hours after breaking out of jail
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/07/2023
» KANCHABURI: Two drug detainees broke out of Kanchanaburi Prison on Friday morning, but both have now been recaptured, police said.
Colllision on stormy road kills 2 drivers
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/03/2023
» KANCHANABURI: Two pickups collided on a storm-lashed road in Si Sawat district on Monday night, killing the two drivers and seriously injuring a passenger, police said.
33 illegal migrants found crammed in abandoned pickup
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/03/2023
» KANCHANABURI: Thirty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar were left on their own in a pickup truck in Muang district in the early hours of Thursday, as the Thai driver fled after a left rear tyre burst.
Myanmar border village bombed
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 06/10/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar air force plane dropped three bombs on a border village in Karen State, close to the Thai border in Sangkhla Buri district, in the early hours of Thursday.
Myanmar clashes prompt border checkpoint closure
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 30/09/2022
» Kanchanaburi: The Mai Kradok checkpoint in Sangkhla Buri district has been temporarily closed following clashes between Myanmar troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) near the border on Wednesday.
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.