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Climate wake-up call
Oped, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2024
» As the rest of the country celebrated the festive season, people in the deep South provinces struggled with the effects of severe flooding.
Path to peace needs respect
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/05/2022
» The relatively calm Ramadan in the restive deep South reminds us that peaceful dialogue, not arm-twisting or fighting battles, is the real recipe for ending conflicts.
Army must come clean
News, Editorial, Published on 24/12/2019
» The extrajudicial killings of three unarmed villagers in Narathiwat's Rangae district is a real tragedy.
Fresh talks a step to douse far South fires
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 05/01/2019
» Despite a spate of attacks rattling the restive far South over the past few weeks, the chief negotiator of peace talks in the region, Gen Udomchai Thammasaroraj, remains hopeful.
Mahathir's rise puts deep South talks at risk
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/05/2018
» The return of Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad to politics has led to uncertainty over the peace talks over the deep South between the Thai authorities and the Mara Patani. The talks, initially set for last month, have been postponed.
Big C blast reignites South bloodshed fears
News, Published on 21/05/2017
» The May 9 car bomb that went off at the Big C Supercenter in Pattani's Muang district renewed fear among residents about their future safety in the deep South region. The explosion, which wounded 61 people, has caught people's attention globally and nationally.
Agonising blow to peace
News, Editorial, Published on 09/09/2016
» A heartbreaking incident took place on Tuesday in Narathiwat when a motorcycle bomb went off at around school time, killing a five-year old girl along with her father and a street vendor.
The big issue: An interesting life
Alan Dawson, Published on 15/05/2016
» People say you should never speak ill of the dead, so let’s say of the recently late Masae Useng of Narathiwat that he was an interesting man. “Interesting” in the sense that security forces were interested in him, police and the army were interested in him, and the prosecutors and court system found him interesting.
Regime's stance hurts South peace talks
News, Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat, Published on 09/05/2016
» The removal of a senior military officer who had played a key role in the Thai dialogue team in the southern peace talks, and the team's unreadiness to endorse the draft terms of reference (ToR), raise concerns about whether the process is facing a deadlock.
Cycle of reprisals point to peace plan flaws
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 05/04/2016
» A rash of insurgent attacks in the deep South in the past months attest to the fact there are flaws in the military strategy and measures to achieve peace in this restive region.