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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.
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.
Careering downhill truck kills 3, injures 23 in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/07/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Three people were killed and 23 others hurt when a loaded 10-wheel truck crashed into five pickup trucks while descending a wet road in Sangkhla Buri district on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Wild jumbo, two men injured in pickup truck crash
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 03/12/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A wild elephant was injured after being hit by a pickup truck on a road in Muang district of this western border province late on Friday night. The driver and a passenger were also hurt.
Give way to elephants, or go to jail
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 17/02/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Motorists using a highway also favoured by wild elephants in Muang district have been warned they face up to 10 years' imprisonment and a million baht fine if they hit and injure one of the giant animals, and wildlife authorities will strictly enforce the penalties.
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.
Restaurant, vendor passed off farmed pork as wild game meat
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 14/01/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A restaurant owner and a market vendor who advertised and sold meat they said was from wild game face charges of fraud after it proved to be from domestic pigs.