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Volunteer slain, bomb targets Ranger patrol in far South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 20/04/2026
» YALA - One defence volunteer was killed and seven rangers suffered minor injuries in two separate attacks on Monday in the restive southern region, according to police reports.
Thai foreign minister goes to Malaysia for Cambodia talks
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/10/2025
» PATTANI: Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will travel to Malaysia on Sunday for a mediated ministerial-level discussion about reducing tensions with Cambodia, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says.
Whooping cough vaccines urged, especially in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 30/11/2023
» Public health agencies are encouraging people, especially those in the deep South, to get vaccinated against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, after figures showed almost 100 Thais have been diagnosed with the disease this year.
Rescue vehicles torched in Pattani
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/03/2023
» PATTANI: Two rescue vehicles owned by the Hilal Ahmar Foundation were set on fire by arsonists in Yaring district of this southern border province early on Wednesday.
Student killed, another injured in gun attack in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 19/01/2023
» NARATHIWAT: A Muslim university student was killed and another injured in a gun attack in Si Sakhon district on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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.
Parents win court battle over hijab rule
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/04/2022
» A group of parents have won an Administrative Court judgement against what they felt was an unfair rule barring their children from wearing their hijab headscarves to school in the southern border province of Yala.
Civic support grows for Songkhla student activist
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/01/2022
» A human rights group from Narathiwat's Tak Bai district has offered moral support to a young activist in Songkhla's Chana district who was charged by Pathumwan police with defying the emergency decree.
Mum's forced 5-month separation from tiny baby ends at border
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/08/2020
» SONGKHLA: A young mother's worrying wait for the newborn child she was forced to leave in Malaysia ended on Thursday, five months after the closure of the border because of the coronavirus pandemic left her stranded in Thailand while on a visa run.
South suspect dies in hospital
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 26/08/2019
» A 32-year-old insurgent suspect found unconscious while in custody at Ingkayutthaboriharn military camp in Pattani died on Sunday morning after a month of lying in a coma, prompting calls for an inquiry into the incident.