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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.
Unexploded shells delay villagers' return
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 05/01/2026
» Authorities are intensifying operations to remove unexploded artillery shells and other munitions after weeks of cross-border fire from Cambodian forces left civilian areas littered with dangerous ordnance.
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Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, yesterday said that Cambodian forces have moved near the border with neither side having yet withdrawn its troops.
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.
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.
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.
Burning man mystery still stumps cops
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 13/10/2022
» BURI RAM: Police are still unsure whether a man whose burning body was found behind a school near his home in Prakhon Chai district a day after he returned from Germany was murdered or he committed suicide.
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.