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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.
Cambodia begins dismantling coastal barrier in Koh Kong
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/12/2025
» TRAT: Cambodia has agreed to dismantle its controversial breakwater built into the Gulf of Thailand while the Royal Thai Navy has rejected media reports claiming it issued demands or threats to force Cambodia to dismantle the structure.
Thai army presents discovery of 200 landmines to Asean observers
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 06/10/2025
» The military during a recent visit by the Interim Observer Team (IOT) Thailand reported the discovery of over 200 landmines that had been planted along the border with Cambodia in Ubon Ratchathani province between June and September.
Koh Chang braces for flood of tourists from shut down Pattaya
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 02/04/2020
» TRAT: About 10,000 tourists remain on Koh Chang as authorities there prepare for a flood of arrivals from the shut down beaches and bars around Pattaya, after their call for the province to be locked down against Covid-19 was rejected.
Boom along the border
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 01/07/2019
» A group of Chinese investors has poured in close to 10 billion baht to develop a new city in Thmada, a border village in Veal Veng district in Cambodia's Pursat province -- a project which, upon completion, is expected to change the dynamics of trade and tourism along the Thai-Cambodian border.