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Govt's South bias prolongs the conflict
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/08/2019
» A few hours after seven attempted or successful bomb blasts, which hurt four people, in five locations in Bangkok and Nonthaburi on Friday, media reports citing unnamed security officials linked the incidents to retaliation from the insurgency-hit deep South, even though the police investigation is not finished yet.
No common ground
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 20/11/2016
» The Khao Banthat range was once shrouded by myths of savage people and mysterious spirits. Then, in the 1960s, the mountains, stretching over southern Thailand, became a battlefield for communist insurgents. As the war ended in the '80s and residents regrouped, the forest fast turned into a hotbed for disputes over what lands belonged to whom.
Songkhla bombings ignite fears of a southern power struggle
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/05/2016
» Rumours of the next bomb target spread wildly last month in Songkhla's Chana district.
Jakarta willing to help end insurgency
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/07/2013
» Indonesia is willing to help Thailand find a solution to insurgency problem in the southern border region, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Wednesday.