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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.
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.
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.
Hotel’s threat to sack bereaved woman decried
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 17/08/2023
» The Ministry of Labour is investigating a five-star hotel that allegedly fired one of its employees who had to take time off work to take care of her dying mother.
11 of 16 Buri Ram reservoirs above capacity
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/10/2022
» BURI RAM: Water volume in 11 out of 16 medium-sized reservoirs in this northeastern province has exceeded their capacity, with the large Lam Nang Rong Dam overflowing its spillway, sparking fears among residents about a repeat of the severe flooding they experienced in 2013.
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.
Hard times for owner of elephant that killed tourist
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 21/05/2021
» BURI RAM: Peng Yimram has had a hard time making ends meet since his elephant - he calls her Cherry - killed a man at a jungle hotel in the Khao Yai area last month.
Seven years on, couple still hope to find missing daughter
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 11/12/2020
» BURI RAM: It is seven years since their bright young daughter mysteriously disappeared, after graduating and going job hunting in Chon Buri province, but Viroj and Tiang Kothaisong will not give up hope of finding her.
Last Buri Ram jail escapee recaptured
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 31/03/2020
» BURI RAM: The last of the 11 inmates who broke out of the provincial prison during a riot on Sunday has been recaptured, police said.
'Billionaire' left his 'pretty' bride with B3.5m debt
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 02/10/2019
» BURI RAM: The mother of a 30-year-old local woman who worked as a product presenter -- locally dubbed a "pretty" -- complained a man who described himself a billionaire left her daughter with a 3.5-million-baht debt for their luxurious wedding party.