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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.
Buri Ram temple ready to receive fallen soldier
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 17/12/2025
» BURI RAM - Local residents and officials joined hands on Wednesday to clean and prepare the grounds for the funeral with full military honours of a Thai soldier who died in clashes with Cambodian forces.
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.
Cambodia forces stir tensions
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 27/09/2025
» Retiring commander of the Second Army Region, Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang, yesterday said that Cambodian forces have moved near the border with neither side having yet withdrawn its troops.
Bitter border memories
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 08/09/2025
» Along the north-eastern border, memories of war linger as sharply as if they happened yesterday.
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.
'Recruiter' gets 20 years over B10m scam
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Buri Ram provincial court yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old woman who posed as an embassy staff member and swindled more than 160 job seekers in a job scam to 830 years in prison.