Luxury Rafts Removed from Kanchanaburi National Park

KANCHANABURI, Aug 20 (TNA) – The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation confirmed a luxury floating hotel was removed from the Khwae Noi River in the Sai Yok National Park. Niphon Chamnongsirisak, director of the department’s Protected Area Regional Office 3 (Banpong), said that five-star Saiyok Floatel with 29 rooms, restaurants, a reception […]

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Kanchanaburi’s Governor orders closure of border districts

KANCHANABURI (NNT) – The Governor of Kanchanaburi has ordered the closure of all five border districts indefinitely, in response to a severe COVID-19 outbreak in Myanmar, for fear of illegal border crossings from Myanmar into Thailand. Kanchanaburi Governor Jeerakiat Phumsawat has ordered the Kanchanaburi Communicable Disease Committee to close five districts in Kanchanaburi to prevent […]

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Sangkhla Buri district in Kanchanaburi under 14-day lockdown

KANCHANABURI: The border district of Sangkhla Buri has been locked down for 14 days and people ordered to stay home from 10pm to 4am, to curb an outbreak of Covid-19. Governor Jirakiat Phumsawat, as chairman of the provincial communicable disease control committee, signed the order, effective on Friday. Full story: Bangkok Post Piyarat Chongcharoen BANGKOK […]

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