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Anutin approves border fence plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 19/04/2026
» Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has approved in principle a border fence project in Narathiwat to curb smuggling, illegal crossings and unrest, to be funded from the central budget.
Peace team 'ready to engage' all groups
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 13/10/2025
» The government is ready to engage in dialogue with all insurgent groups in the deep South to achieve lasting peace along the border, says the chief of the Southern peace negotiation team, Gen Somsak Rungsita.
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.
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.
Malaysia to help dredge river mouth
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/09/2025
» Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to systematically dredge the Golok River mouth to improve water flow and protect local communities as well as the local ecosystem.
Thaksin to work on crypto plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been assigned to make a proposal and recommendation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to start working towards adopting a cryptocurrency, he said on Friday.
20 years after Tak Bai mass suffocation in southern Thailand, cyclists pedal 'for oxygen'
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 23/10/2024
» Cyclists on Wednesday pedalled “for oxygen” on the same route where about 80 arrested protesters from Tak Bai district of Narathiwat suffocated on military trucks in 2004 as the government avoided questions if it can extend the statute of limitations of the Tak Bai massacre case.
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.
Prachachat looking to expunge erroneous criminal records
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 16/10/2023
» The Prachachat Party is seeking to expunge "erroneous criminal records" affecting some groups of people, especially those in the deep South.
Level crossing bomb injures policemen
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 23/02/2022
» YALA: Two policemen were wounded when a bomb exploded at a level crossing near Taseh police station in Muang district on Wednesday morning.