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Weep for the fallen, never stop caring
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/05/2013
» We weep for the South. We send prayers and we will remember, or try our best to remember, all the deaths and not consign them to the faceless realm of statistics. On Wednesday night, ruthless, lawless, godless insurgents killed six civilians, including two-year-old Jakarin Hiangma, in a sign of escalating violence that leaves Buddhists and Muslims alike in shame and shock.
Getting on the peace train a welcome move
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/04/2013
» The peace talks held last week in Malaysia between the government and key figures of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN) created a feeling of anxiety across the country.
Draconian laws still rankle as new ISA era beckons
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 04/03/2013
» Experts are warning the government against rushing to expand the scope of the Internal Security Act (ISA), saying hard lessons still need to be learned from the use of draconian special laws in the far South.
Study the past before using ISA, say experts
Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 02/03/2013
» The government needs to study the hard lessons learned from the use of special laws in the southern border provinces before it considers expanding the use of the Internal Security Act (ISA), say experts.
Learn from cyclist deaths
News, Published on 20/02/2013
» A tragic road accident which killed a British couple on a world cycling tour echoes one undeniable fact: our roads are dangerous (''British cyclists die in pickup crash'', BP, Feb 17).
Insurgents have 'a deep pain' in their hearts
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 18/02/2013
» A two-minute video clip of the funeral of some of the 16 dead Islamist insurgents from the failed attack on a marine outpost in Narathiwat's Bacho district was posted on the YouTube social network last Friday _ just two days after the attack.
The good, the bad and the BBC's ugly Abhisit interview
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 14/12/2012
» A good interview raises more questions than it answers, while a bad one raises more questions about the interviewer than the interview. A mix of both was in play last week when former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was interviewed by BBC news presenter Mishal Husain about murder charges recently levelled against him.
Checkpoint targeted in grenade blast
News, Waedao Harai, Published on 26/10/2012
» Authorities combed an area surrounding a checkpoint in Narathiwat's Tak Bai district yesterday after it was hit by two M79 grenades on Wednesday night.
Hunt for RKK insurgents after house raid
Published on 25/10/2012
» Security forces are hunting three militants believed to have been involved in three bombings which killed two marines in the far South and to be planning more violence during the Islamic Eid festival starting on Friday.
Eight years after Tak Bai, and no closer to peace
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 25/10/2012
» Today is the eighth anniversary of the Tak Bai tragedy – one of the worst blunders ever committed by the military in the restive deep South.