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Long queues continue for even pricier fuel
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 26/03/2026
» BURI RAM — Motorists, farmers and truck drivers in Ban Kruat border district of this northeastern province continued to queue at petrol stations on Thursday despite another 6‑baht price hike, saying they have no choice but to refuel to sustain their livelihoods.
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.
Bitter border memories
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 08/09/2025
» Along the north-eastern border, memories of war linger as sharply as if they happened yesterday.
Concern as more young drug dealers arrested in NE Thailand
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/08/2024
» BURI RAM: Two minors have been arrested in this northeastern province on suspicion of selling illicit drugs, raising fears that more young people are becoming drug dealers.
Acid attack couple given prison time
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 20/06/2024
» A couple who threw acid on a high school student in Buri Ram last year have been sentenced to 35-year and 25-year jail terms, respectively, for attempted murder.
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.
No cause of death yet in Buri Ram burning body case
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 12/10/2022
» BURI RAM: Police investigators are still unsure whether a man whose body was found burning behind a school near his home in Prakhon Chai district a day after he returned from Germany was murdered or committed suicide.
Ill man gets 1st ID card at age 48
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 14/08/2022
» BURI RAM: Following 30 years of unsuccessful pleas with officialdom, a 48-year-old man has received his first-ever identity card after media publicised his case.
Staged road accident scene was murder, police say
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 29/06/2022
» BURI RAM: An elderly man was found dead with head injuries and stab wounds to the neck on a roadside in Prakhon Chai district. Police detained his youngest son for questioning.
Hospital admits flaws led to boy's death from appendicitis
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 07/06/2022
» BURI RAM: The director of Buriram Hospital has admitted that flaws in the hospital's management led to the death of a 12-year-old boy from a ruptured appendix on May 31.