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53 illegal migrants crammed inside three vehicles
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 16/09/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Fifty-three illegal Myanmar migrants were found packed inside three vehicles stopped in the parking lot of a temple in Thong Pha Phum district on Monday night.
Missing DJ’s body found with tied hands, gunshot wounds in temple
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/05/2025
» KANCHANABURI: The body of a male DJ, 33, who had gone missing four days previously was found in a remote forest in Muang district in this western Thai province on Sunday, with tied hands and bullet wounds in a temple. Police suspect a romantic conflict.
Suspected victim of ‘Aem Cyanide’ cremated
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 10/05/2023
» KANCHANABURI: The body of a woman believed to be the most recent victim of alleged serial killer Sararat “Aem” Rangsiwuthaporn was cremated on Wednesday, with families of four other cyanide poisoning victims bringing photos of their loved ones to bid farewell to her.
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.
43 more illegal Myanmar migrants, 2 drivers arrested
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 03/08/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Forty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar on board four vehicles and two drivers were arrested in Sangkhla Buri district on Wednesday morning. Two other drivers managed to flee.
Monk rescued after 50m fall in cave
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 07/03/2022
» KANCHANABURI: An injured monk was rescued from a mountain cave in Bo Phloy district after he fell about 50 metres to the floor when a rope ladder broke as he was entering it to meditate.
Long-weekend crowds throng Sangkhla Buri
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/10/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Tourists flocked to Sangkhla Buri on Saturday, with most hotels and resorts in the district witnessing impressive occupancy over the long holiday weekend after months in the doldrums because of Covid-19.
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.
Illegal timber seized at temple, man arrested
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 31/08/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A man was arrested and a quantity of illegally cut timber logs seized at a temple in Sai Yok district of this western border province on Monday.
Myanmar migrants nabbed in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 06/06/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Soldiers of the Lat Ya Task Force arrested 16 Myanmar migrants on Saturday night found hiding in a rubber plantation in Sangkhla Buri district of this western border province.