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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.
Narathiwat key to South revival bid
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 17/10/2025
» The Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) has unveiled a strategic initiative to revitalise the southern border region by positioning Narathiwat as a destination for cultural and ecological tourism.
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.
4 rangers injured by motorcycle bomb in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 13/04/2025
» NARATHIWAT - Four rangers were injured when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle with a sidecar went off near their housing unit in Rangae district on Sunday.
Calls for Betong airport upgrade
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/02/2024
» YALA: The Betong District Tourism Association is urging the government to expand Betong International Airport's runway under the prime minister's tourism promotion plan so it can accommodate larger aircraft and bring in more tourists.
Surveillance boosted along southern border
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/03/2023
» NARATHIWAT: Authorities will ramp up security surveillance and boost efforts to protect residents along the southern border as they continue to push for peace across the deep South.
Four gangland murders in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 22/02/2023
» NARATHIWAT: The bodies of three men with multiple gunshot wounds were found in the boot of a car dumped in a lake and another dead man shot in the head was later found in a river, in Waeng district.
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.
Local government official slain in Yala gun attack
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 24/04/2022
» YALA: An assistant chairman of a tambon administration organisation (TAO), who was also a construction contractor, was shot dead in a gun attack in Muang district of this southern border province on Saturday afternoon, police said.