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Songkran homecoming rush moves to trains as fuel prices skyrocket
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 10/04/2026
» BURI RAM - Due to the surge in fuel prices, many travellers are booking trains to their hometowns ahead of the Songkran holiday. Passenger numbers at Buri Ram Railway Station rose by 30% compared to previous festival periods.
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Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, yesterday said that Cambodian forces have moved near the border with neither side having yet withdrawn its troops.
Compensation helps but won’t take away fear, say border villagers
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 06/09/2025
» BURI RAM - More than 7,000 households in Ban Kruat district have registered for compensation after they were forced to flee clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border earlier, though many residents say their lives remain far from normal.
Villagers reassured on power bill relief
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has clarified the confusion over electricity bills that were sent to households in Buri Ram's Ban Kruat district, following public concern that residents returning from evacuation centres were being charged despite government relief measures being in effect.
Checkpoint shut after temple vigil
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 23/06/2025
» The military has closed the border checkpoint in Chong Sai Taku in Buri Ram following an incident involving a group of Cambodian visitors at a temple in Phanom Dong Rak district in Surin on Saturday.
Border villagers sell off livestock amid fears of evacuation
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 14/06/2025
» Border villagers in the northeastern province of Buri Ram have begun selling off their livestock amid fears of border clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, hoping for a peaceful resolution from the Joint Border Commission (JBC) meeting on Saturday.
Cross-border trade at Buri Ram crossing plummets
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 13/06/2025
» BURI RAM: Cross-border trade at the Sai Taku crossing in Ban Kruat district has plummeted with a sharp drop in the number of crossers following the enforcement of restricted operating hours amid border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
Seven years on, couple still hope to find missing daughter
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 11/12/2020
» BURI RAM: It is seven years since their bright young daughter mysteriously disappeared, after graduating and going job hunting in Chon Buri province, but Viroj and Tiang Kothaisong will not give up hope of finding her.
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.