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Army claims breakthrough 'safe zone' deal
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2017
» The army has reached a breakthrough pact with the separatist supporters Mara Patani to create a "safety zone" in the deep South, the lead negotiator said on Wednesday
Prayut sends condolences to late BRN leader's family
Online Reporters, Published on 15/01/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Sunday expressed condolences to the family of the late southern separatist movement leader, Sapae-ing Basor, who died on Tuesday in Malaysia’s Terengganu state.
No hope for separatism
News, Editorial, Published on 06/01/2017
» The latest statistics and statements from the deep South paint a depressing portrait of that restive region. While the military regime places the low-intensity war among its top security problems, it has actually stacked more layers of stultifying bureaucracy on the debilitating violence, now in its 14th year. Nor was there even a shred of optimism from the army commander's message for the new year, saying he hopes to tame some of the violence within a few years.
Progress lagging for far South as government grows timid
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/01/2017
» This year, despite government efforts to address the problems, familiar issues of the deep South are likely to recur -- hierarchical duplication among agencies, megaphone diplomacy, and continued violence.
God and good luck guide train travellers in far South
AFP, Published on 27/12/2016
» SUNGAI KOLOK, Narathiwat - For passengers on the 12:33 train from Songkhla's Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok, god and good luck are touchstones for survival.
Gambling on Udomdej
News, Editorial, Published on 27/12/2016
» Today's cabinet meeting is likely to make key decisions related to operations to tackle violence in the restive deep South, and the money being spent there. Ministers will be asked to hear and make decisions on yet another roadmap to tackle the southern unrest. Even more controversially, they are likely to be asked to place the management of the entire multi-billion-baht budget supporting government actions in the South in the hands of one interesting man.
Government, rebels urged to discuss 'safe zones'
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 20/12/2016
» The ongoing violence leading to deaths and injuries in the deep South means both the government and insurgents should discuss seriously the setting up of "safe zones", according to a seminar in the capital.
Noodle shop bomb kills 1, wounds 18 in Pattani
Published on 25/10/2016
» One woman was killed and 18 persons wounded, some of them critically, by a bomb place outside a Pattani noodle shop on the anniversary of the 2004 Tak Bai "incident".
Govt, rebels must end pernicious impasse
News, Matt Wheeler, Published on 24/09/2016
» The government and the rebels in the South are talking, and their words say they want to find a way to end the insurgency, but their actions suggest both sides would prefer the current dreadful stalemate to the difficult compromises that would be necessary for real peace.
Report says southern peace talks 'fall flat'
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/09/2016
» The peace dialogue between the military government and Mara Patani, an umbrella organisation of insurgent groups, to end the violence in Thailand's deep South has fallen flat, according to an international non-profit organisation.