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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 relies on goddess event to woo tourists
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 22/01/2026
» TRAT — The eastern province hopes a forthcoming event honouring the Goddess of the Sea will be the first step in attracting more visitors to its border district, which remains quiet despite the end of the clashes with Cambodia.
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.
Sukhothai bags coveted Green Award
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 02/10/2025
» Sukhothai's Old Town has been awarded the Green Destinations Gold Award 2025 at the Green Destinations international event in France.
Monkey attacks keep Koh Chang park officials at bay
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 24/03/2024
» TRAT: Koh Chang park officials are fed up with a growing number of macaques that pose a danger to local residents and tourists as well as damaging property.
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.
Two teachers jump off bridge, leave farewell letters behind in Trat
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 16/08/2022
» TRAT: Two women - a teacher and a retired teacher - jumped off a bridge into a canal in Muang district of this eastern province on Tuesday morning, with two farewell letters written to their children found inside a car they travelled in.
1 tourist drowns, another missing off Ko Chang
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 10/07/2022
» TRAT: A woman visiting from Spain and her male companion from France went missing in this eastern province after the two went swimming in stormy seas off Koh Chang's Lonely Beach on Sunday morning.
Fishing villages in Trat under lockdown
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/09/2021
» TRAT: Two villages in tambon Hat Lek of Khlong Yai district are being placed under seven-day lockdown from Thursday, with all movement of migrant workers prohibited immediately, after a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections.
Tit for Trat: fishermen blast rules
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 05/04/2018
» A fishing community in Trat province near Cambodia has blasted the government for what it sees as overly strict regulations aimed at tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, saying several could prove counterproductive and should be reviewed.