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Lotto-dispute teacher sues comedian ‘Nose’
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 20/08/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Popular Thai comedian Udom “Nose” Taepanich is in trouble yet again with someone who doesn’t share his sense of humour. This time it is a Kanchanaburi teacher who gained notoriety during a long-running battle over a 30-million-baht lottery prize.
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.
Expert downplays quake threat
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/11/2023
» Hundreds of quakes occur along the Three Pagodas Fault per year in Kanchanaburi, although they are too small to be noticed, according to a geological expert.
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.
Hundreds of factory workers catch virus
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/08/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A wiring factory in Tha Muang district has been ordered partially closed after more than 600 of its workers were found to be infected with Covid-19.
Workers infected, Kanchanaburi factory closed
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 24/08/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A wiring factory in Tha Muang district has been ordered closed after more than 600 workers there tested positive for Covid-19.
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.
Covid-19 case in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 31/12/2020
» KANCHANABURI: This western province has its first Covid-19 infection of the current outbreak, a student from Rayong studying at Sai Yok campus of Mahidol University, governor Jirakiat Phumsawat said on Thursday.
Beaten novice still in coma, fights for life
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 21/08/2018
» Kanchanaburi: A 9-year-old novice who was brutally beaten by a senior monk has been suffering internal bleeding and is still in a deep coma, according to Dr Wasu Sriwasura, a neurosurgeon at Phaholpolpayuhasena Hospital.
Rival lotto claimants meet as case opens
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/02/2018
» The two men embroiled in a 30-million-baht jackpot-winning lottery ticket dispute refused to back down as the civil court began hearing the case in Kanchaburi yesterday.