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New southern peace moves must be conditional
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 10/05/2013
» It takes two to tango, so the saying goes, but the government appears to going it alone with its plan to revoke arrest warrants for some suspected insurgents and selectively lift the emergency decree in the deep South.
First step in a long and difficult journey
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/03/2013
» Despite all the criticism of the historic signing of the agreement to launch peace talks with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation on Feb 28 in Kuala Lumpur, the Pheu Thai-led government appears to have won popular support and, as such, scored political points for the initiative.
Army, NSC miles apart on peace talks
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 15/03/2013
» There is a clear lack of unity between the army and the National Security Council (NSC) on two key issues relating to the first formal peace talk between the government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist organisation scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on March 28.
Narathiwat attacks come as no surprise
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2013
» The two bomb blasts that wounded one soldier and four civilians on Friday in Narathiwat might have been intended by the perpetrators to send a message that they are against or are not interested in the olive branch extended by the government.
Caution needed in far South
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/02/2013
» There is good cause for many of us to feel proud of, and to commend, the marines at a make-shift base in a rubber plantaion in Narathiwat’s Bacho district who fought off the major onslaught by well-armed Islamist insurgents early Wednesday morning.
Backup plan needed instead of curfew
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 13/02/2013
» Despite the overnight attack on a military base in Narathiwat, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung faces an uphill battle to impose a night curfew in parts of the far South.
Another teacher slain, what’s next?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/01/2013
» The terrorists in the far South waited all of 23 days before they murdered their first teacher this year. Chonlathee Charoenchol, 51, was the 158th teacher slain in the nine years since the extremists launched their insurgency with the violent robbery of a military armoury on Jan 4, 2004.
Highlights of the week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 07/12/2012
» Thais across the country turned out in force to celebrate HM the King's birthday on Wednesday; the unrest in the far South takes a turn for the worse with two teachers killed and one seriously wounded in a matter of two weeks; and a three-day blackout in Koh Samui and Koh Phangan drove most tourists away before electricity supplies were resurrected on Friday morning.
Govt is hardly convincing about the South
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 03/12/2012
» All the 300-plus schools in Pattani province which closed on Nov 26 after the killing two days before of a school director in Nong Chik district by suspected extremists are due to reopen today after Education Minister Pongthep Thepkanchana promised to look into the teachers' demands.
Highlights of the Week
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/11/2012
» Led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, the 23 new cabinet appointees were sworn in before His Majesty the King at Siriraj Hospital on Thursday and a special meeting of the cabinet scheduled for today, Friday.