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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.
Sunday gold heist 'to fund rebel activities'
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/10/2025
» The armed robbery of a gold shop in Narathiwat's Sungai Kolok district on Sunday, which netted over 35.6 million baht in gold jewellery, was carried out to fund a southern separatist network, according to the Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) Region 4.
Phumtham presses for progress in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/04/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has set a seven-day deadline for security forces to submit a report on their efforts to resolve the ongoing unrest in the southernmost provinces.
BRN rebels tell govt to 'show sincerity'
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/12/2024
» The Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) rebel group has slammed the Thai government for delays in establishing a new peace negotiation team, calling on Thailand to show sincerity towards solving the problem.
Senator blames insurgents for Songkhla statue attack
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/11/2024
» A senator has blamed this week’s grenade attacks in Songkhla on the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) insurgent group, saying it intended to discredit a policy to strengthen multiculturalism and promote economic development in the troubled southern border region.
Deadly explosions rock Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 20/05/2024
» One volunteer was killed and nine others injured in two separate explosions in Narathiwat on Monday while rebel group Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) was holding a peace workshop with Thai officials in nearby Malaysia.
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.
BRN claims responsibility for attacks on convenience stores in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 18/08/2022
» The separatist movement Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks on convenience stores in the far South early on Wednesday, saying these chain stores destroy the economies of local communities.
BRN boasts of bomb attack
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/06/2022
» The Barisan Nasional Revolusi (BRN), a southern Muslim separatist movement, has claimed responsibility for an attack on a marine police station in Narathiwat on May 25, in a message posted on the BRN website.