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Myanmar air force plane drops bombs near Thai border in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 10/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI: A Myanmar air force plane dropped six bombs on a border village in Myanmar near the Phu Nam Ron permanent border checkpoint in Muang district on Friday in a second round of airstrikes. No casualties were reported.
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.
Suspects in tiger hunt ordered to remove homes from national park
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Authorities have ordered the removal from Khao Laem National Park of the houses of five people charged with killing two wild tigers in jungle near the Myanmar border.
Tiger killers slapped with another charge
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: An additional charge has been filed against five men who killed two Bengal tigers in Thong Pha Phum National Park, raising the number of charges they face to 11, national park chief Charoen Chaichon revealed on Saturday.
43 more arrested for illegal entry on western border
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Forty-three Myanmar job seekers were arrested late on Saturday night for illegal entry in Muang district, police said.
Indochinese tiger poachers turn themselves in
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 14/01/2022
» Four wildlife poachers found grilling Indochinese tiger meat in a Kanchanaburi national park before fleeing on Sunday, turned themselves in to police yesterday.
57 Myanmar nationals caught for illegal entry
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 12/12/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A goverment patrol arrested 57 Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Sai Yok district late on Saturday night, police said.
Forest ranger stabs colleague, shoots himself dead
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 26/11/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A forest ranger stabbed a colleague with a knife and then shot himself dead during a quarrel while they were taking foreign researchers to install camera traps in deep forest in Thong Pha Phum district on Thursday.
Crackdown at borders catches 93
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 31/10/2021
» Seventy-two Myanmar migrants have been arrested in Kanchanaburi and 21 Cambodian migrants in Sa Kaeo for illegal entry, following the government's policy to strengthen border protection to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
Dept seizes elephant from camp
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 12/06/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation have impounded a four-year-old elephant at an elephant camp, on suspicion it was caught in the wild.