Kanchanaburi: Authorities have warned local villagers living near a cave in Kanchanaburi’s Si Sawat district where thousands of giant-faced bats have died since Wednesday to avoid consuming water from natural sources in the vicinity. A team of veterinarians from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and university veterinary science faculties inspected the […]
It’s not just European leaders telling refugees to stay put, Islamic State propagandists are ramping up their rhetoric to dissuade refugees fleeing for Europe and instead stay and “honor the Caliphate”. Videos have emerged on social media telling potential migrants that the West is an “imaginary paradise” and a “mirage” that will not give “safety […]
KANCHANABURI – A Swiss expat living west of Bangkok died early this morning after he suffered a severe asthma attack while riding a motorcycle, police told reporters. Motorists alerted police at around 3 am today that the man’s body was found on a road in the mueang district of Kanchanaburi province, local police said, and […]
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Sangkhla buri district of Kanachanaburi province at about 9.20 p.m. tonight sending hundreds of residents in the whole district to run out of their homes and buildings to the streets in panic. The quake was felt almost a minute in the town and sent the Sangkhla district hospital to evacuate […]
KANCHANABURI — Police say two men are under arrest for raping a 19-year-old female British tourist in western Thailand earlier this week. The sexual assault took place in Kanchanburi province on 26 May, said Pol.Maj.Gen. Kamolsanti Klanbut, commander of the provincial police force. The victim has already returned to her home country, he said. Read […]
The Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has issued a deadline for the Tiger Temple abbot to hand over all its 146 tigers to the department by Friday or else they will be confiscated. The last ultimatum came as the abbot of the Tiger Temple or Wat Pa Luang Ta Maha Bua in […]
Police, soldiers and relevant park authorities are returning to the so-called Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province today (April 2) as missing tigers remains a mystery. They will be returning with a court order after yesterday̕s (April 1) inspection of the temple failed to get any progress after the temple refused to cooperate with the combined […]
Hailstorm lashed Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi province today but there was no report of damages to property. But local officials and soldiers rushed to the affected areas on Highway 323 from Kanchanaburi to Thong Phaphum reported millions of thumbnail size hailstones falling from the sky and turning the areas to white. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
