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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 locals oppose expressway project
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 05/04/2025
» Residents and business operators in Trat city have slammed the proposed 5.9-kilometre route connecting Laem Ngob district to Koh Chang, arguing that the new expressway, which bypasses the city, will hurt the local economy.
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.
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.
Holiday travellers find human body trapped under their car
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 26/02/2021
» TRAT: Horrified holidaymakers found part of a human body caught under their car when they stopped at a petrol station in Khao Saming district of this eastern province on Friday morning.
Smuggler of assault rifles halted near Cambodia border
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 11/04/2018
» TRAT: A pick-up truck with military stickers was found carrying illegal firearms at a checkpoint in the eastern province bordering Cambodia late Tuesday night.
Koh Chang eyes infrastructure projects
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 10/02/2018
» TRAT: Local tourism agencies have urged the government to launch seven projects costing over 3.3 billion baht to enhance local tourism and the livelihoods of residents on Koh Chang, the province’s top tourist spot which attracts over two million visitors a year.