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Anutin signs off on border security plan
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 13/02/2026
» Prime Minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul has approved a series of measures intended to bolster security along the border with Cambodia, including the construction of more border fencing, in the wake of another landmine blast which injured three Thai soldiers in Si Sa Ket.
Nearly 150k households receive relief
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 07/10/2025
» Nearly 150,000 households displaced by clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops along the border have begun receiving relief payments from the government, though many recipients say the amount is simply not enough to cover their losses, especially if fresh clashes erupt.
Cambodia forces stir tensions
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 27/09/2025
» Retiring commander of the Second Army Region, Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, yesterday said that Cambodian forces have moved near the border with neither side having yet withdrawn its troops.
Govt to help farmers pay for fertiliser
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/06/2024
» The government said it will introduce a co-payment scheme to support fertilisers for over 4 million rice-farming households.
Chinese teen jumps from car to seek police help
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 12/04/2024
» BURI RAM: A Chinese teenager jumped from a car to seek help from police in Prakhon Chai district in the early hours of Friday, claiming that another Chinese national had offered him and his friends restaurant jobs in Vietnam, but they were instead sent to Laos and later to Thailand.
Buri Ram border checkpoint hours extended
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 04/07/2023
» BURI RAM: The Sai Taku temporary checkpoint at the border with Cambodia is now open seven days a week for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Locals want recovered lintel to highlight old ruin
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 27/08/2020
» Buri Ram: Residents of Non Dindaeng district are calling for an 11th-century lintel being returned from the US to be re-installed in its rightful place in Prasat Nong Hong before being put in a museum.
Headman nabbed for virus sticker scam
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 28/04/2020
» BURI RAM: A village chief in Lahansai district of this northeastern province has been arrested for illegally demanding 20 baht each from villagers in return for a sticker showing they are free of Covid-19.
Headman caught charging B20 for free Covid-free sticker
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 27/04/2020
» BURI RAM: A village chief in Lahansai district of this northeastern province has been arrested for illegally demanding 20 baht each from villagers in return for a sticker showing they are free of Covid-19.
Landless farmers to use forests
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 08/05/2018
» Buri Ram: The government is granting landless farmers permission to use forest land for farming in Chaiyaphum, Buri Ram and Nakhon Ratchasima, according to Natural Resources and Environment Minister Surasak Karnjanarat.