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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.
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.
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.
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.
Border villagers sell off livestock amid fears of evacuation
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 14/06/2025
» Border villagers in the northeastern province of Buri Ram have begun selling off their livestock amid fears of border clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, hoping for a peaceful resolution from the Joint Border Commission (JBC) meeting on Saturday.
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.
Buri Ram man heads back to Israel for work
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/12/2023
» A Buri Ram man has returned to work on a farm in Israel despite the ongoing conflict, in a bid to earn more income for his family.
Elephant-riding Buri Ram 5th grader goes viral
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 16/07/2022
» BURI RAM: A fifth grade student in Satuek district has become a social media celebrity after switching to the family elephant for her daily commute to school to save fuel costs.
Staged road accident scene was murder, police say
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 29/06/2022
» BURI RAM: An elderly man was found dead with head injuries and stab wounds to the neck on a roadside in Prakhon Chai district. Police detained his youngest son for questioning.
Police volunteer on meth dragged estranged wife off in handcuffs
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 08/10/2021
» ฺBURI RAM: A 48-year-old police volunteer who handcuffed, threatened, dragged and abducted his estranged wife in front of her relatives was arrested in Muang district on Thursday night.