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Businesses along border call for aid
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 27/02/2026
» TRAT: Businesses along the border are calling for urgent government intervention as they struggle to survive in the face of prolonged closures of key checkpoints as a result of ongoing tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
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 tourism rebounds as security stabilises
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 22/12/2025
» Trat: The tourism sector in Thailand's eastern border province of Trat is gradually regaining confidence following reassurances from security officials.
Thai PM Anutin to visit Cambodia border areas
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 26/09/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he will visit several communities along the border with Cambodia to oversee security operations and ensure the welfare of Thai citizens amid the ongoing tensions with the neighbouring country.
Cambodia agrees to remove house, fill trench on disputed land
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 25/09/2025
» Cambodia has agreed to Thailand’s proposal to demolish a house and fill in a military trench in a disputed border area of Pursat and Trat provinces, but has left two other houses to be decided by the countries’ Joint Boundary Commission (JBC).
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.
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.
Koh Chang buoyed as tourists scuttle back
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/10/2022
» Tourists buoyprovince's recovery