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Ten suspects caught en route to Myanmar scam hub
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/03/2026
» KANCHANABURI - Police have arrested seven Chinese nationals and three Myanmar men at a rented property, where they were reportedly waiting to travel to a scam base in the Myanmar border town of Payathonzu.
Illegal gold mining operation busted
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/11/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Three Myanmar citizens and a Karen villager were arrested for allegedly being involved in illegal gold mining in the Pilok Ki forest, a protected watershed area.
11 illegal migrants, Thai driver arrested in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 07/11/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Eleven illegal migrant workers from Myanmar were arrested along with a Thai driver in Thong Pha Phum district on Friday morning.
Tourism uptick offsets trade dip in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 01/11/2025
» Kanchanaburi is seeing an uptick in tourism with hotel occupancy reaching 67.3% in the first nine months of this year, and at least 11 million local and foreign visitors generating 28 billion baht in revenue, according to governor Athisan Intra.
Four killed, 31 hurt as pickup packed with migrants crashes
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Four people were killed and at least 31 others injured when a box pickup truck carrying undocumented migrants lost control and overturned in Sai Yok district on Saturday morning. The driver fled the scene.
Tourists told to stop putting stickers on overhead road sign in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 08/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Tourists are being warned to stop plastering stickers over a big road sign in Thong Pha Phum district that has become an unofficial “check-in” point for visitors travelling the highway.
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.
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.
Truckload of illegal migrants caught near border
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 04/03/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Fourteen illegal Myanmar job seekers were arrested shortly after they entered Thailand by boat across Vajiralongkorn Reservoir in Kanchanaburi's Thong Pha Phum district on Tuesday morning.
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.