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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.
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.
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.
Evacuees call for end to border war before New Year
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/12/2025
» BURI RAM - Evacuees are calling on the government to urgently resolve the border conflict, prevent further Cambodian incursions and bring an end to the fighting before the New Year as a “gift” to those most affected - people who live along the border.
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.
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.
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.
Old stone engraving of woman found in jungle
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 13/05/2024
» BURI RAMA - A previously unknown 1.45-metre image of a woman engraved in stone has been discovered by a family gathering wild mushrooms in thick forest in Non Din Daeng district.
Buffaloes vanish, leaving grandma unable to pay debts
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 12/05/2024
» BURI RAM: A grandmother in this northeastern province is facing financial ruin after her herd of 10 buffaloes suddenly disappeared. Charn Puangmalai was planning to sell them in order to her debt to a bank.
Grandpa, daughter, grandchildren drown in Mun River
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 12/12/2023
» SURIN: Five members of one family, three of them children, have drowned while collecting sand from the bed of the Mun River in Chumphon Buri district.