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Up your game, southern security forces told
Published on 23/04/2025
» Security authorities in Thailand’s deep South have to work more actively to deter violence and act more promptly to contain any violent incidents, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
Govt set to lift martial law in South
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/04/2025
» The government is set to lift martial law in four districts of the three southern border provinces, says Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
Police officer shot dead, car set on fire in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 10/04/2025
» NARATHIWAT: A police officer was shot dead and his car set on fire in Sungai Padi district of this strife-torn southern province on Wednesday night, followed by a bomb blast nearby in which two people were slightly hurt.
Questionable governance
Postbag, Published on 24/03/2025
» Re: "Premier laments debate timing", (BP, March 22).
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.
Military officer seriously wounded in Yala ambush
Published on 11/03/2025
» YALA: A military officer was seriously wounded in an ambush by an unknown number of armed men in front of a military outpost in Bannang Sata district of this southern Thai border province on Tuesday morning.
Thai defence minister urges deep South peace talks review
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/03/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai called for a reassessment of the peace negotiations in the deep South, stressing the need for genuine representatives to participate in the dialogue process.
Courageous rights defender
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/03/2025
» Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit, 68, has been praised for her unwavering courage and efforts for the promotion and protection of human rights in the country over the past two decades. Her determination, bravery, skill and passion have inspired Thai people and communities to respect and protect equal rights for all.
Defence volunteer lured, ambushed, murdered in Yala
Published on 10/03/2025
» Gunmen ambushed and shot dead a defence volunteer after luring him to return home by setting his pickup on fire, in Krong Pinang district of southern Yala province in the early hours of Monday.