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Govt eyes bigger world stage role
Published on 24/09/2023
» Maintaining a balanced foreign policy amid intense rivalry between the United States and China is one of challenges the government will have to grapple with.
Smile, Anwar's here
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 29/01/2023
» Anwar Ibrahim's rise to power as Malaysia's prime minister and his upcoming visit to the kingdom has rekindled hope for a return of peace to the far South, according to experts.
New threats for post-Covid-19 age
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/05/2020
» The most powerful weapon to deal with security issues, in the opinion of National Security Council (NSC) secretary-general Somsak Roongsita, is an intangible asset everyone has but may not necessarily harness to its fullest.
No end in sight for carnage in deep South, despite peace talks
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 12/01/2020
» Despite some positive signs observed in the fight to contain the southern unrest over the past 16 years, there has been little progress in the peace talks between the government and groups linked with violence in the deep South which are seen as a key mechanism in bringing the unrest to an end.
From Pattani seas to Bangkok plates
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 02/09/2019
» Pattani, one of three restive southernmost provinces, invokes images of violence instigated by insurgency.
Southern drug suspect takes on police brutality
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/09/2018
» Sayuti Salae suffered them all -- severe kicks along the body and a hard hit on his head -- when he was allegedly forced by police to admit he had 20 methamphetamine pills in his possession.
Better days around the bend
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 27/08/2018
» Various projects have moved to the forefront recently in the hope of converting the three restive southernmost provinces into tourist destinations.
Deep South from blasts to boom
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 14/07/2018
» Years of blasts and shootings may have shaken up the peace process in the far South but the flare-ups have done nothing to chisel away at the region's two most prized assets -- its natural resources and economic potential.
Carnage: An analysis of Thailand's road safety
Spectrum, Published on 03/06/2018
» Every 22 minutes, a human being dies on Thailand's roads. At 24,000 deaths a year -- the equivalent of a small city -- traffic ends more lives prematurely in this country than strokes, Aids, any single kind of cancer, pneumonia, or diabetes.
Betong's tourist fortunes improve
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 20/05/2018
» Despite being situated in a strife-torn area, the southernmost Betong district of Yala province has seen a surge in tourists.