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Defence volunteers warned regular routine makes them easy targets
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 20/05/2025
» PATTANI - Defence volunteers have been advised to vary their daily routine, because a fixed schedule makes their movements predictable to insurgents looking for a target.
Coalition cracks deepen as Pheu Thai, Bhumjaithai feud escalates
News, Published on 17/05/2025
» The open bickering between the ruling Pheu Thai Party and its largest coalition partner, Bhumjaithai, has prompted an opposition party to go on the defensive, according to observers.
Malaysia crucial to peace efforts: Paetongtarn
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/05/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra issued a statement on social media on Thursday, stressing the need for joint efforts with Malaysia to end the violence in the deep South.
Yala blast injures two army engineers
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/05/2025
» YALA - Authorities have blamed southern insurgents for a roadside bomb blast in Raman district in which two military engineers were injured on Wednesday.
Violence tests peace hopes
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/05/2025
» The escalating violence in the restive South in recent weeks is abominable. The random killings of almost a dozen people, mostly civilians, have seen the office of Chularajmontri -- the highest-ranking Thai Muslim cleric, who generally stays neutral -- joining condemnation of such acts.
Manhunt for gunmen who killed four in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/05/2025
» The head of the army in southern Thailand has condemned the gunmen responsible for the brutal murder of four people, including a nine-year-old girl and a 76-year-old blind woman, in Tak Bai and Chanae districts of Narathiwat province.
Tambon official injured by road bomb in Pattani
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 24/03/2025
» PATTANI - A senior tambon official was injured when her car was targeted by a roadside bomb on Monday, the second female official attacked by southern separatist insurgents this month.
Life-threatening warnings target defence volunteers in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/03/2025
» PATTANI — Insurgents have warned Muslim defence volunteers in the southern border region to back down or face life-threatening consequences.
Pattani blast injures 9 police on teacher-protection duty
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 14/03/2025
» PATTANI — A roadside bomb attack injured nine police officers on teacher-protection duty in Mae Lan district of this southern border province on Friday morning.
Time for Thai govt, BRN to talk
Oped, Matt Wheeler, Published on 12/03/2025
» Dialogue between the Thai government and Malay separatists marked its 12-year anniversary on Feb 28, but violence in the southernmost provinces remains an open wound on the Thai body politic. A dreadful routine of bombings, shootings and clashes in these provinces has killed some 7,680 people since 2004, yet the simmering violence goes largely unnoticed outside the region.