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Fishery official caught smuggling migrants
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 13/03/2022
» KANCHANABURI: A fishery official assigned to a border checkpoint was arrested for smuggling three migrants from Myanmar into Muang district of this western border province on Saturday, police said.
110 job seekers arrested for illegal entry
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 08/02/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Patrols from the Surasee Task Force arrested 110 Myanmar job seekers who illegally entered the country through natural border crossings into Muang, Thong Pha Phum and Sai Yok districts on Monday and Tuesday.
43 more arrested for illegal entry on western border
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/01/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Forty-three Myanmar job seekers were arrested late on Saturday night for illegal entry in Muang district, police said.
Man arrested with haul of cigarettes, liquor
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 06/06/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A man was arrested with a large quantity of foreign cigarettes, whisky and wine after a pick-up he was driving overturned in Muang district of this western province in the small hours on Sunday.
40 illegal border crossers arrested on western border
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 02/05/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Patrols from the Lat Ya Task Force on Saturday arrested 40 Myanmar migrant workers after they crossed the frontier into this western border province.
Researchers pin hopes on 'herbal cure'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/12/2020
» Mahidol University plans to stage human trials for a herb-based medicine that researchers believe can kill the coronavirus.
Factional undercurrents cause Health Ministry waves
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/06/2020
» Despite the respect the Ministry of Public Health has garnered over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, the protest at Khon Kaen Hospital last month against the abrupt transfer of its director Dr Chanchai Chanworachaikul has unveiled undercurrents beneath the surface of the ministry.
The Beach's Maya Bay on Phi Phi to shut down
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/03/2018
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has ordered the closure of the world-class tourist site Maya Bay of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi province.
Court urges public input as mining licence axed
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/03/2018
» A recent verdict by the Udon Thani Administrative Court to revoke a limestone mining concession in a forest reserve in Nong Bua Lam Phu province has set a new precedent in terms of mandating public participation in projects of community significance, said Surachai Trong-ngam, who represented villagers in the long-running dispute.
Lao forgive, but war memories remain
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 09/09/2016
» LUANG PRABANG - Houmphan Chanthavong finally felt his deep grudge vanish after US President Barack Obama acknowledged in Vientiane during his visit this week "the suffering and sacrifices on all sides of that conflict", in reference to the CIA-led bombing and paramilitary campaign that devastated Laos during the Vietnam War.