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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.
Neighbour’s dogs have Buri Ram villagers on edge
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 02/09/2025
» BURI RAM - Residents of Khok Phet village in Prakhon Chai district of this northeastern province are growing increasingly upset after repeated attacks by a neighbour’s pit bulls and a Thai ridgeback along a local road.
Drought dries Buri Ram wells
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 30/04/2024
» Buri Ram: Around 300 households in three villages in Muang district have been forced to buy water as the area's groundwater has dried up because of the prolonged drought.
Manager of lending firm arrested for stealing customers' money
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 31/01/2024
» BURI RAM: The manager of a lending company has been arrested for stealing almost 200,000 baht from its customers' accounts.
Donors raise B5.9m for 4-year-old girl and blind grandma
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/06/2023
» BURI RAM: Donors have contributed a total of 5.9 million baht in cash and essential items to support a four-year-old girl who lives alone with her blind grandmother in a dilapidated shack filled with holes in Huai Rat district.
Hard times for owner of elephant that killed tourist
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/05/2021
» BURI RAM: Peng Yimram has had a hard time making ends meet since his elephant - he calls her Cherry - killed a man at a jungle hotel in the Khao Yai area last month.
'Cash-seeking' contractor prompts local complaints
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 20/10/2019
» BURI RAM: Local residents are calling for an investigation after a contractor working on a government road extension project asked them to pay him directly to have drainage pipes installed.
Nine arrested for alleged B320m funeral fund swindle
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 22/03/2019
» BURI RAM: Police have arrested the chairman and eight other committee members of a funeral welfare cooperative in Satuk district for alleged public fraud amounting to 320 million baht of members' money.
Bogus relative caught stealing in hospital
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 14/06/2018
» BURI RAM: A man claiming to be a relative of a patient was arrested after leaving the public hospital in Muang district early on Thursday morning and charged with stealing a handbag and contents belonging to a teenager taking care of her sick grandfather in the public ward.
Work-blinded young mother donates equipment to hospital
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 11/06/2018
» BURI RAM: A 26-year-old woman left blind from years of working at an iron smelter and struggling to support her 15-month-old son on Monday used part of the money she received from sympathetic donors to, in turn, make a donation to the local public hospital.