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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.
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.
Typhoon obscures spectacular sunrise at temple in northeast Thailand
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 08/09/2024
» BURI RAM: While wreaking havoc elsewhere in Asia, Typhoon Yagi also caused cloudy skies to obscure the usual phenomenal view of sunrise at the ancient Phanom Rung temple in Buri Ram on Sunday morning.
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.
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.
One killed, 7 hurt in Buri Ram bus accident
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 05/11/2022
» BURI RAM: One passenger was killed and seven others injured when a tour bus taking them to a temple plunged into a roadside ditch after one of its tyres burst in Nong Ki district early Saturday morning.
Fire destroys TAO office in Buri Ram
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/02/2022
» BURI RAM: A fire destroyed the 20-year-old Khok Klang tambon administration organisation building in Lam Plai Mat district on Monday morning, with damage estimated at 10 million baht.
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.
Isan cow herder finds M16 rifle, ammunition in dense grass
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 09/10/2020
» BURI RAM: A villager taking his cows out to graze found an M16 rifle and ammunition hidden in dense grass along an irrigation canal in Lahan Sai district, in the south of the province, on Friday morning.
Man stabs nephew to death
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 17/08/2020
» BURI RAM: A 74-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly stabbing his 60-year-old nephew to death following a row in Prakhon Chai district.