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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.
Rice renewal scheme falters
News, Published on 07/02/2013
» The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) appears determined to carry on with a project to revive abandoned rice fields in the troubled far South despite the deadly attack last Friday on a group of farmer trainers, leaving two of them dead and 11 injured, including seven listed as being in a serious condition.
Fire in the South poses existential threat to the nation
News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 31/01/2013
» Perhaps one day there will be a monument to all the brave teachers who sacrificed their lives trying to keep alive the light of education in Thailand's strife-ridden southern provinces.
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.
Thailand in a state of confusion
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 21/01/2013
» The best descriptions for the public's confusion over how the government is tackling violence in the far South and the latest problem in that region _ the Rohingya _ could perhaps be: two voices are worse than one; there is one voice that should not be ignored; so far, not so good.
Southern violence strategy all talk, no action
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 15/01/2013
» Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has described his meeting with Malaysia's Home Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein as a win-win for both Thailand and Malaysia. This is only partially true.
Govt revamp efforts in South a waste
News, Published on 10/01/2013
» The southern unrest which has dragged on for nine years still poses a major challenge for the government this year and the big question is how the government will proceed _ militarily and politically _ to pacify the region.
No quick fixes in deep South
News, Published on 03/01/2013
» Tomorrow marks the ninth anniversary of what was described as the symbolic beginning of a new phase in the deep South insurgency, when a band of extremist Islamic militants raided an army armoury in Cho Airong district of Narathiwat, killing four soldiers and making off with more than 400 war weapons, mostly M16 assault rifles.
Police serving in the South
News, Published on 31/12/2012
» Events in Thailand's far South have effectively have come full circle. With a Royal Thai Police decision to hold a lottery and assign losers to the deep South, the situation in important ways returns to the 1970s. That was when police and other civil servants were sent to the South unwillingly. The result was incompetence and poor job performance, followed by resentment by southerners for becoming Bangkok's "dumping ground", followed by violence and terrorism _ a situation pretty much repeated today.