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Karen centre of learning seeks govt aid
News, Piyarat 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.
Kanchanaburi governor allays Covid-19 fears
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 02/09/2020
» KANCHANABURI: One of the two Myanmar men who fell ill after illegally entering Thailand and staying in a village in Thong Pha Phum district has tested negative for Covid-19, provincial governor Jirakiat Phumsawat said.
Border school closed over Covid-19 scare
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 01/09/2020
» KANCHANABURI: A school in Thong Pha Phum district has been temporarily closed after three students were found to have been in close contact with three men who illegally crossed the border from adjoining Myanmar and stayed in their house, health officials said.
Bodies of missing girl students found in river
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 12/04/2020
» KANCHANABURI: The bodies of two girl students who went missing on Friday in the Kwae Noy river in this western province were recovered on Sunday, authorities said.
One student killed, 11 injured in van accident
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 09/02/2020
» KANCHANABURI: A female student was killed and 11 others injured after a van overturned in Muang district on Sunday morning, police said.
Stateless student overcomes hardship to attend school
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/06/2019
» KANCHANABURI: Thanongsak, a teenage Karen youth, gets up at 5am and has to wade across a creek to catch a bus and travel 30 kilometres along a bumpy mountain road to school - but never misses a class.
304 stateless people granted Thai nationality in Kanchanaburi
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 12/08/2018
» KANCHANABURI: A ceremony was held on Sunday in Thong Pha Phum district of this western border province to present Thai identification cards to a group of 304 new citizens.
Disaster assistance for tambon plundered by wild elephants
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 14/06/2018
» KANCHANABURI: An area in Thong Pha Phum district has finally been declared a disaster zone after being pillaged for the last month by wild elephants, with residents too scared to work in their raided fields.