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Security forces fear Malay school's thrall
News, Published on 20/11/2014
» Cho Airong is a downtrodden rural community in central Narathiwat province. For 11 years it's been a "red zone", a locus of insurgent operations and violence.
Handing out guns is not the answer
News, Published on 09/11/2014
» It is saddening indeed that the conflict in the deep South has claimed the life of another innocent victim. Suthida Tangjai, a second-year student at the Princess of Naradhiwas University, died on Thursday following a shooting in the troubled region last weekend which left her in a coma.
South doesn't need any more gun-slingers
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/11/2014
» When you have cowboys and gun-slingers running the circus, it's likely to be all bang-bang. An eye for an eye, a rifle for a rifle, a kill for a kill, and as the Apache warriors storm the citadels of the new frontiers, the sheriffs are prodded to become trigger-happy.
Regime concessions unlikely at talks
News, Published on 11/09/2014
» In the past month, much ink has been shed on the resumption of peace talks with Malay insurgents in the restive deep South. The government announced its negotiating team, reorganised responsibilities in the South, and sent National Security Chief Thawil Pliensri to Kuala Lumpur on Sept 9 to restart talks. The broadsheets should save their ink.
Regime must heed South energy worries
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/08/2014
» The arrests of energy reform activists from the South during their march to Bangkok highlights the junta’s desire to stop public protests under martial law. But it also shows the regime’s support for industrial development in the face of locals' struggles to protect the environment, the source of their livelihoods.
Art helps us see through the fog of war
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 16/08/2014
» Her mother is Christian. Her father is Muslim. What is she?
Things aren't always as they appear
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 14/08/2014
» For more than a decade, we have all heard about the violence in the Deep South provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. Media reports about crimes, car bombs and attacks on civilians have created a picture of a cursed, dangerous land in my mind. I'm sure it's not only me. Most people in other parts of Thailand also assume that the Deep South is a place we all should avoid. Outsiders are targeted, violence is common and every step is risky.
Time to focus on the South
News, Published on 31/07/2014
» In the two months which have passed since the May 22 coup, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) appears to have made progress in tackling protracted problems on many fronts.
South is one tough nut for NCPO to crack
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 14/07/2014
» Ramadan is supposed to be the holy month for all Muslims throughout the world, a month when they are to refrain from food, drink and other physical needs from sunrise to sunset, to practice self-restraint in order to cleanse the body and soul of impurities and to focus on God.
A matter of urgency
News, Published on 03/06/2014
» The new entity now responsible for running the country has its hands full. Government was essentially moribund for the past six months. That means the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has to catch up, formulate national policies, restart governance and institute new programmes. It seems virtually everyone has a suggestion, but there is one serious problem the NCPO has not addressed, even though it is mainly a military responsibility.