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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 row hits seaside market
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 18/07/2025
» More than three weeks into the implementation of strict border control measures, Had Lek town's once-bustling seaside market has been reduced to a ghost town, with only one shop left open among dozens that previously lined the coastal strip.
Cambodia row hits local fruit growers
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 11/07/2025
» TRAT: The closure of the Ban Had Lek permanent border checkpoint to Cambodia in Trat province has resulted in economic losses exceeding 10 billion baht over the past two weeks, officials say.
Sparse attendance at school near Cambodian border
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 09/06/2025
» TRAT: A school in Khlong Yai district, which borders Cambodia, was only sparsely attended on Monday as many of the Cambodian children forming the majority of its students were absent because of the territorial dispute.
Confusion at Trat border after Cambodia delays gate opening
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 08/06/2025
» TRAT - Traders and trucks at the main crossing to Cambodia in this eastern Thai province were delayed by the late opening of the gate on the Cambodian side of the border on Sunday morning.
Another 19 bags of meth found floating in the sea
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 17/03/2024
» Around 19 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine were found in 19 bags left floating in the sea off the Klaeng district of Rayong on Sunday morning, in a fresh incident which followed a series of previous incidents involving the same type of narcotic drugs being found abandoned in seas in the nearby eastern provinces, police said.
Stepdad admits killing 6-year-old son
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 04/01/2022
» TRAT: A man has admitted to killing his six-year-old stepson after allegedly beating him up and leaving him to die in a car, provincial police said on Monday.
Drug dealer's phoned order went straight to police
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 18/12/2018
» TRAT: A drug dealer who phoned his regular supplier to place an order on Monday soon found himself wearing handcuffs when he went to pick it up in the early hours of Tuesday.
Prisoner escapes en route to court
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 26/05/2018
» TRAT: A prisoner facing drug charges jumped from a police vehicle and fled into a roadside forest on Saturday morning while he and another man were being taken to the provincial court for a detention hearing.