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Thai PM embarks on toughest mission of all in deep South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/10/2025
» Pattani: Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has expressed confidence that peace talks in the southern border provinces will gain real momentum following the appointment of Gen Somsak Rungsita as head of the government's southern peace dialogue panel.
Two Yala parks closed after bomb blasts
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/10/2025
» YALA - Authorities temporarily closed two public parks in Muang district of this southern border province after eight bomb explosions on Wednesday night. No casualties were reported.
Bombs rock Yala youth centre ahead of Buddhist ceremony
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/10/2025
» YALA - Three bombs exploded at the entrance of a youth centre in Muang district of this southern border province on Tuesday night, ahead of a traditional Buddhist ceremony there on Wednesday.
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.
Policeman's novice son slain from ambush
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/04/2025
» SONGKHLA - A 16-year-old temple novice, a policeman's son, was shot dead when his father’s pickup truck was ambushed in Saba Yoi district of this southern border province on Tuesday morning.
Grenades fired at security checkpoint in Yala
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 31/10/2023
» YALA: An unidentified gang fired two M79 grenades at a security checkpoint in this southern border province city late on Sunday night.
Popular peacemaker earns fond farewell
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/03/2023
» Yala: Representatives of those who supported the secretary-general of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SPBAC), who was recently transferred to the Office of the Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday, asked the cabinet to review the order.
Blame game resumes over unrest
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/08/2022
» The recent bombing and arson attacks at 17 locations in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat may have been motivated by the Thai peace negotiators' refusal to let leading figures in the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist movement set foot in Thailand and meet residents, according to an analyst.
Wanted insurgent killed in clash
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/08/2021
» PATTANI: A fugitive wanted under nine court warrants for insurgency-related robbery and murder was killed in a clash with a government security force early on Monday, police said.
Beheading of Buddha image in Pattani not religious conflict: Isoc
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/08/2020
» PATTANI: The decapitation of a Buddha image inside Wat Wimonwathanaram, a Buddhist temple in Sai Buri district of this Muslim-dominated southern border province, was the work of a temple boy and not a religious conflict, the Region 4 Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC)'s advance headquarters said in a statement on Saturday.