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Former minister Decha Sukharom dies aged 86
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 21/09/2021
» KANCHNABURI: Dr Decha Sucarom, a former public health minister and six-time MP, died at 10.29pm on Monday at the age of 86, his daughter Vorasuda Sucarom posted on her Facebook page.
Dig row triggers land seizure
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/09/2014
» Officials on Thursday confiscated 800 rai of hilltop forest areas in Kanchanaburi for investigation, responding to a complaint by local residents who accused a private firm of seeking minerals in the forest.
Derailment blocks Death Railway
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 30/09/2014
» A local train derailed in Sai Yok district of Kanchanaburi province on Tuesday morning and blocked daily tourist train services on the Death Railway.
Tour guide crushed under train
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/08/2014
» A 36-year-old Taiwanese tour guide died on Saturday after jumping from a slowing train and falling onto the rails below as it pulled into a station in Kanchanaburi.
Joint force swoops on 'illegal' resorts
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/08/2014
» A combined security force yesterday swooped on five resorts built on land next to the Srinagarind dam in Kanchanaburi in the junta's latest operation to clamp down on land encroachment nationwide.
Hospital patients moved as walls crack
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/09/2014
» All patients have been evacuated from a building at Lao Khwan Hospital in Kanchanaburi province after major cracks began appearing in the walls and other superstructure.
Locals chafe at bridge compo deal
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/09/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) will be asked to review a decision by the Kanchanaburi provincial authority to compensate a contractor who failed to repair Saphan Mon, the country’s longest wooden bridge, in the province's Sangkhla Buri district.
Crop of harmony
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/07/2014
» Kanchanaburi has claimed to be the first province to help its rice farmers all by itself by encouraging market-oriented production.
A year after collapse, fully repaired Saphan Mon remains a bridge too far
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 28/07/2014
» A year after its midsection fell into a river below, Thailand’s longest wooden bridge remains far from reopening.
Cancer kills former Kanchanaburi MP
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/05/2014
» Pinij Chansomboon, a four-time former MP for Kanchanaburi, died of gastric cancer on Saturday at Paholpolpayuhasena Hospital in Kanchanaburi. He was 59.