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Vietnamese held in Trat after fleeing scam gang in Cambodia
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 18/02/2026
» TRAT – Six Vietnamese people have been taken into custody after crossing illegally through barbed wire into Thailand, reportedly to escape a scam gang that forced them to work and physically abused them in Cambodia.
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.
'Dodgy' types buying up land on Thailand's Koh Chang island
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 02/09/2024
» National parks chief Chaiwat Limlikhit-aksorn has expressed concern about an increase in land acquisitions on Koh Chang in Trat province by investors with suspected links to shady businesses.
Koh Chang bridge 'likely to cost B10bn'
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 16/07/2024
» Building a bridge to connect Trat on the mainland to Koh Chang, the province’s popular island, will likely cost 10 billion baht, according to the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat).
Koh Chang buoyed as tourists scuttle back
News, Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 21/10/2022
» Tourists buoyprovince's recovery
Fruit pickers breached ban on workers moving around
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 16/07/2021
» TRAT: Thirty-four Cambodians have been arrested along with two Thais who took them from Chanthaburi to work at a rambutan plantation in Muang district in breach of the ban on the movement of labourers.
Trat's fishing industry hit hard by shortage of migrant workers
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 25/04/2021
» TRAT: The fishing industry in this eastern province has been seriously affected by the shortage of migrant workers since the border between Thailand and Cambodia was closed to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, a fishing boat owner said on Sunday.
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.
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.