The Latest Breaking News from Thong Pha Phum

Illegal migrants caught on western border

KANCHANABURI: Forty-nine Myanmar nationals were arrested and charged with illegal entry in Thong Pha Phum district early on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · May 24, 2023

Court jails 5 hunters for killing tigers

Kanchanaburi: The Thong Pha Phum provincial court has sentenced five hunters to almost five years in prison for killing a tiger and her cub in a national park in Thong Pha Phum district last year.

Bangkok Post · Mar 6, 2023

Cow elephant, calf rescued from deep pit

KANCHANABURI: A cow elephant and her calf that fell into a deep, old mine pit in Thong Pha Phum district on Sunday were helped back to safety on Monday morning by local villagers and national park officials who dug them an escape path.

Bangkok Post · Feb 27, 2023

Five elephants found dead in sinkhole

The decomposed remains of five elephants have been found in a sinkhole at old abandoned mine in a forest reserve in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province.

Bangkok Post · May 6, 2022

Woman killed, husband injured in road accident

KANCHANABURI: A woman was killed and her husband injured when a pickup they were travelling in veered off a road, hitting a roadside power post and tree in Thong Pha Phum district late on Saturday night.

Bangkok Post · May 1, 2022

15 Myanmar nationals caught for illegal entry after car chase

KANCHANABURI: Fifteen job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after a vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a roadside power post in Sai Yok district after being chased by police on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 27, 2022

More illegal border crossers caught

KANCHANABURI: A total of 40 Myanmar nationals were arrested on Sunday and Monday after illegally crossing the border into Thailand in Muang, Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts of this western province.

Bangkok Post · Mar 22, 2022

110 job seekers arrested for illegal entry

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.

Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2022

Man injured, two dogs killed in tiger attack

KANCHANABURI: A Karen tribal man was badly injured and two dogs killed in an attack by three tigers in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district, national park officials said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Illegal job seekers from Myanmar caught in Kanchanaburi

KANCHANABURI: Eighty-three people were arrested after crossing the border illegally from Myanmar into Thong Pha Phum district on Thursday, police said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 20, 2022