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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.
Woman begs to save grandson
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 10/01/2026
» BURI RAM: Police have stepped up efforts after a 73-year-old grandmother appealed for help to rescue her grandson, who is allegedly being held and abused by a call-centre gang in Cambodia.
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Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, yesterday said that Cambodian forces have moved near the border with neither side having yet withdrawn its troops.
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.
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.
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.
60k workers in S Korea await new passports
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 29/06/2024
» The House's foreign affairs committee has urged the Foreign Ministry to speed up renewing passports for Thai workers in South Korea after discovering that more than 60,000 were waiting for new passports.
Father of Thai held by Hamas seeks help
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/02/2024
» BURI RAM: The father of a Thai worker in Israel is demanding that the government negotiate for the release of his son who has been held captive by Hamas militants for nearly five months.
Ballot box probe set to begin
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/06/2023
» BURI RAM: Local election officials have been asked to investigate why it took four-and-a-half hours to transport ballot boxes in a tightly-fought constituency about 20 kilometres after voting ended in the general election.
Complaint about hours-long ballot box transport in Buri Ram
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 14/06/2023
» BURI RAM: Local election officials have been asked to investigate why it took four-and-a-half hours to transport ballot boxes in one tightly-fought constituency about 20 kilometres on the night of May 14 after voting ended in the general election.