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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.
Harvester shortage hurting border rice farmers
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 20/11/2025
» BURI RAM - Rice farmers in Ban Kruat district bordering Cambodia are worriedly waiting for harvesters as they race to bring in the crop, as high demand and border tensions have led to a shortage of equipment and operators.
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.
Cambodian workers in Buri Ram want to stay, fear job loss if they return
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/06/2025
» BURI RAM – All 1,350 Cambodian migrant workers in this northeastern province intend to stay despite ongoing border tensions.
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.
Frenchman denies caging staff at dog shelter
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/12/2019
» BURI RAM: A 50-year-old Frenchman has denied he caged his Thai staff at his charitable stray dog shelter, saying the baseless allegation had affected its operation.
Man falls to death from house while using phone
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/12/2019
» BURI RAM: A border patrol police officer fell to his death from the second floor of his house in Prakhon Chai district late Friday after drinking with a friend. He had a mobile phone in his hand, suggesting that he was using it before the fatal fall.
Buri Ram residents challenge pipe fee collection
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 19/10/2019
» BURI RAM: Suspicious 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.
Buri Ram pounded by heavy rain
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/08/2019
» BURI RAM: Many parts of Muang district of this lower northeastern province were quickly inundated after the town was hit by heavy rain, the first of the year, on Saturday night.
Buri Ram tycoon goes missing
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 11/08/2019
» BURI RAM: A well-known business tycoon who runs a garage operating crane services in Nang Rong district of this northeastern province mysteriously disappeared from his home on Tuesday, according to his wife and relatives.