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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.
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.
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.
More hospitals, schools, communities in Buri Ram evacuated as shells hit farther from border
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 27/07/2025
» BURI RAM: More communities, schools and hospitals were evacuated in this northeastern province of Thailand as shells hit farther from the border with Cambodia.
Buri Ram border checkpoint hours extended
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 04/07/2023
» BURI RAM: The Sai Taku temporary checkpoint at the border with Cambodia is now open seven days a week for the first time since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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.
Woman gets two AZ shots at same time
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 19/08/2021
» An elderly woman accidentally received two jabs of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Buri Ram after she went to a vaccination centre in Muang district on Saturday for a second Covid-19 shot.
Teacher admits to groping girl: police
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 20/05/2020
» BURI RAM: A 39-year-old teacher accused of performing obscene acts on a 12-year-old girl has admitted groping, but denied having sex with her, police said yesterday.
Buri Ram teacher admits groping student
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 19/05/2020
» BURI RAM: A 39-year-old teacher arrested on charges of performing obscene acts on a 12-year-old student has admitted groping, but denied having sex with her, according to police.