Kaeng Krachan national park

  • Thailand NewsRare black leopard struts its stuff in Kaeng Krachan park
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    Rare black leopard struts its stuff in Kaeng Krachan park

    Visitors to Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province were left awestruck when a rare black leopard made a rare and regal appearance, strutting along the roadside for more than half an hour. This extraordinary encounter, which occurred yesterday morning, January 6, was revealed by Mongkol Chaiyaphakdi, the park’s chief. The elusive feline was spotted at kilometre markers 20 to…

  • Thailand NewsLegal action pursued over shooting at elephants in Thailand
    Ryan TurnerSunday, December 1, 2024
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    Legal action pursued over shooting at elephants in Thailand

    Kaeng Krachan National Park officials are actively pursuing legal action against people involved in a shooting incident aimed at intimidating wild elephants. The unsettling event, caught in a TikTok video, occurred yesterday evening, November 30, showing a black sedan from which four gunshots were fired as elephants roamed nearby. The car was travelling on the Nong Phlap-Huai Sat Yai road,…

  • Thailand NewsTourists spot black panthers at Kaeng Krachan National Park (video)
    Bright ChoomaneeWednesday, June 19, 2024
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    Tourists spot black panthers at Kaeng Krachan National Park (video)

    A black panther was spotted by tourists at Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi province, calmly walking along the road to Panoen Thung without showing signs of fear towards vehicles. Mongkol Chaiphakdee, head of Kaeng Krachan National Park, confirmed that a tourist named Amy captured the rare sighting near Kilometre 20 on the way to Panoen Thung. Amy managed to…

  • Thailand NewsDisciplinary action looming for ex-Kaeng Krachan park chief over misconduct
    Mitch ConnorTuesday, February 20, 2024
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    Disciplinary action looming for ex-Kaeng Krachan park chief over misconduct

    The former head of Kaeng Krachan National Park in Phetchaburi, Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, is facing potential disciplinary action following a misconduct investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The organisation has requested that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment consider the action against Chaiwat due to his involvement in a construction project within the park. The NACC’s inquiry identified Chaiwat…

  • Thailand NewsKaren villagers’ settlement in Kaeng Krachan National Park sparks public outcry
    Mitch ConnorFriday, May 5, 2023
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    Karen villagers’ settlement in Kaeng Krachan National Park sparks public outcry

    Protests have erupted among local residents in Phetchaburi over the Thai government’s decision to settle 150 Karen villagers in Kaeng Krachan National Park. The controversy was sparked on April 30 when the prime minister issued an order permitting the villagers to return to arable land located deep within the Bang Kloy Bon area of the national park. This decision has…

  • Thailand NewsParks officials speak to DNP bribery inquiry
    Jon WhitmanSaturday, January 7, 2023
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    Parks officials speak to DNP bribery inquiry

    Seventeen officials from the Department of National Parks (DNP) made statements to police yesterday in connection with the DNP bribery inquiry into former department chief Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya. Rutchada was arrested at his office in Chatuchak district on December 27 on suspicion of demanding or taking bribes from subordinates and malfeasance. His arrest came when Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, former head…

  • Environment NewsVarawut takes National Parks corruption flack
    Jon WhitmanFriday, December 30, 2022
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    Varawut takes National Parks corruption flack

    Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said yesterday that he would ensure justice is done in the national parks corruption investigation that has threatened to consume his department. Varawut apologised and accepted responsibility for the alleged corruption committed by Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya, saying the investigating committee would speak to all directors and related personnel, without any interference from…

  • Crime NewsThai park ranger ‘Chaiwat’ working in civil service despite murder charges
    leahTuesday, December 27, 2022
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    Thai park ranger ‘Chaiwat’ working in civil service despite murder charges

    Despite Thai park ranger Chaiwat Limlikitaksorn being accused of murdering Karen activist Porlajee “Billy” Rakchongcharoen in western Thailand in 2014, he is still working in the civil service. According to Section 101 of Thailand’s Civil Service Act (2008), any civil servant with criminal charges pressed against them should be suspended from government service pending the result of the investigation. In…

  • Thailand NewsEndangered black panther spotted on road in central Thailand
    leahWednesday, May 25, 2022
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    Endangered black panther spotted on road in central Thailand

    Tourists on their way to Kaeng Krachan National Park in the central province of Phetchaburi spotted an endangered black panther on the road as they neared their campsite yesterday morning. National park officials have advised tourists to drive with caution and stick to the speed limit in case they encounter black panthers or other wild animals on the road. Yesterday,…

  • Thailand NewsEndangered black panther spotted at national park in central Thailand
    leahThursday, May 5, 2022
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    Endangered black panther spotted at national park in central Thailand

    A Thai tourist wrote about her encounter with an endangered black panther at a national park in Phetchaburi province in central Thailand on social media yesterday. The woman videoed the black panther rolling around on its back like a domestic house cat in the rare sighting. The woman was driving through Kaeng Krachan National Park when she spotted a black…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Update | SF Cinema rents out its theatre halls to gamers due to slow box office sales.
    Thaiger VideoTuesday, April 5, 2022
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    Thailand News Update | SF Cinema rents out its theatre halls to gamers due to slow box office sales.

    The Royal Thai Police have arrested two officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau for allegedly kidnapping a gambling couple and their child last week. The wife claimed that officers from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau kidnapped her and her family for ransom, after they won 2 million baht from online gambling. The woman said that she, her husband and…

  • Bangkok NewsActivists rally in Bangkok against eviction of Karenni people from national park
    Maya TaylorMonday, January 31, 2022
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    Activists rally in Bangkok against eviction of Karenni people from national park

    Activists demanding justice for evicted Karenni forest-dwellers have rallied in Bangkok, calling on the government to support the ethnic communities ousted from Kaeng Krachan National Park. According to a Nation Thailand report, a procession of vehicles through the capital was led by P-move and the Save Bang Kloy group. The group is named after the village in the central province…

  • Central Thailand NewsCommittee tasked with resolving Karen land row to hold first meeting tomorrow
    Maya TaylorWednesday, March 24, 2021
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    Committee tasked with resolving Karen land row to hold first meeting tomorrow

    A panel tasked with resolving the ongoing land dispute between Karen tribespeople and national park officials will hold its first meeting tomorrow. According to Thamanat Prompow from the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry, the committee hopes to find a solution to the disagreement between forest protection officials and Karen villagers who wish to reside in Kaeng Krachan National Park, in the…

  • Central Thailand NewsWorld Heritage committee to consider delaying Kaeng Krachan national park application
    Maya TaylorThursday, March 18, 2021
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    World Heritage committee to consider delaying Kaeng Krachan national park application

    The UNESCO World Heritage Centre says it recognises the plight being faced by indigenous Karen people in Kaeng Krachan national park, in central Thailand. PM Prayut Chan-o-cha says the Karen villagers are not permitted to live in the park, after complaints from environmental rights groups concerned about the effect on the surrounding forest land. The Karen people have submitted a…

  • Thailand NewsThailand’s PM says Karen villagers can’t live in national park
    Ann CarterWednesday, March 17, 2021
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    Thailand’s PM says Karen villagers can’t live in national park

    Thailand’s PM says Karen villagers are not allowed to live in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan National Park after welcoming the UN to investigate the ethnic minority group’s living conditions in the park. PM Prayut made the announcement after the government recently accepted villagers’ demands for consideration in return for them leaving their protest site yesterday outside of the Government House. PM…

  • World NewsThailand welcomes UN to inspect ethnic Karen village in Kaeng Krachan national park
    Ann CarterWednesday, March 10, 2021
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    Thailand welcomes UN to inspect ethnic Karen village in Kaeng Krachan national park

    Thailand’s government says it is welcoming the UN to inspect the ethnic Karen village in Kaeng Krachan national park, Phetchaburi, after ongoing allegations of human rights violations allegedly committed by Thai officials. The villagers were evacuated from their original village of Ban Bang Kloy or Jai Paendin in the national park after locals complained that the village’s location could potentially…