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Trat businesses brace for lengthy closures
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 17/02/2026
» Business operators along the Thai–Cambodian frontier in Trat province are bracing for a prolonged border shutdown, urging authorities to reopen checkpoints while rapidly pivoting toward domestic markets to survive.
Trat veteran begins 345km walk to Bangkok in tribute to Queen Mother
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 07/11/2025
» TRAT — A 60-year-old former soldier from Trat province has set out on a 345-kilometre walk to Bangkok to pay tribute to the late Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. He expects to complete the journey in five days.
Trat's Koh Kut endures tourism squeeze
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 08/04/2025
» Limited accommodation on Koh Kut in Trat is raising concerns about tourism growth.
Fire on bus carrying pupils on field trip, all safe
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 25/03/2025
» TRAT - A fire broke out in the rear compartment of a bus carrying students home from a field trip shortly before they arrived back at their school in Bo Rai district.
Wide support for Koh Chang bridge at first public hearing
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 02/09/2024
» The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) on Monday began public hearings on four optional routes for the proposed bridge from the mainland to Trat's popular Koh Chang island.
Flooding closes schools in Trat
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 30/07/2024
» TRAT - Five schools in Khao Saming district of this southern province have suspended classes with the flooding in many communities showing no sign of easing on Tuesday and students unable to leave their waterlogged homes.
Koh Chang bridge 'likely to cost B10bn'
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 16/07/2024
» Building a bridge to connect Trat on the mainland to Koh Chang, the province’s popular island, will likely cost 10 billion baht, according to the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat).
Pickup hits motorcycle at junction, 2 killed
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 22/11/2022
» TRAT: A man and a woman were killed when their motorcycle was rear-ended by a pickup at a T-junction in Khao Saming district on Monday afternoon, police said.
Man tries to sell stolen motorcycle to wrong shop
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 22/04/2022
» TRAT: A man took a motorcycle to sell at a shop in Muang district but instead ended up in a police cell - it was stolen from the shop owner's family two weeks ago.
Tourists flock to Koh Chang
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 10/04/2021
» TRAT: Tourists flocked to Koh Chang on Saturday, on the first day of the Songkran holiday despite the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections that has dampened the festive mood across the country.