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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 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.
Security forces thwart car bomb attack
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 13/03/2021
» YALA: Security forces on Friday said they had foiled a car bomb attack on apartment buildings housing police and state officials in Raman district.
New lease on life for emergency decree
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 05/03/2021
» The government committee handling the emergency situation in the far South on Thursday decided to renew the invocation of the emergency decree in the violence-plagued region, except for six districts in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat where the special law will no longer be needed.
Two rangers killed, 4 wounded in Pattani ambush
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/09/2018
» PATTANI: Two patrolling paramilitary rangers were killed and four others wounded when they were ambushed in Nong Chik district on Tuesday night.
Two suspects in Pattani ATM bomb blast arrested
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/08/2018
» PATTANI: Two men suspected of involvement in a bomb blast at an ATM in Yarang district on May 20 were detained on Friday.
Six suspects in deep South bomb blasts arrested
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/05/2018
» Six of nine suspects wanted on arrest warrants for their alleged involvement in a string of coordinated bomb attacks in the deep South on May 20 have been arrested, says a task force commander.
Six Pattani blasts prompt Chinese New Year fears
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/02/2018
» PATTANI: Six Sunday morning bomb blasts in the province’s three districts which left nine people, including the Yaring district chief, injured have sent authorities scrambling to boost security amid fears of more attacks during the Chinese New Year festival.
'Headless' insurgents meet in haste
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 01/02/2018
» The Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), an insurgent movement in the deep South, is still struggling to pick a replacement for former president Kamae Yuso who passed away on Oct 25, a source said.