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Security boost for PM in Thailand's South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 16/01/2025
» Security has been beefed up as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will visit three southernmost provinces on Thursday amid concern about a recent flare-up of violence in the region.
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.
Muno housing rebuild gets going again
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 15/10/2024
» NARATHIWAT: Construction of new homes for victims of the firework warehouse disaster near the Muno market in Sungai Kolok district last year resumed yesterday after more than one year of delays.
PMs pledge to spur Thai-Malaysian border development
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/08/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim met yesterday during a joint border visit and discussed ways to heighten border trade and tourism cooperation between the two countries.
Malaysia to support twin-city concept in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 07/06/2024
» The government will partner with Malaysia to promote the twin-city concept in the deep South, aiming to stimulate the economy.
Two killed, 9 soldiers hurt in southern ambush
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/04/2024
» Two defence volunteers were killed and nine other soldiers wounded when their patrol was ambushed by gunmen in Narathiwat on Sunday night.
Kamnan's assistant murdered in Pattani
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/03/2023
» PATTANI: Gunmen murdered a tambon chief's assistant as he and his wife left a construction company warehouse in Sai Buri district on Wednesday morning.
Policeman killed, 4 hurt in Yala ambush
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 17/02/2023
» YALA: A police officer was killed and four others injured in an ambush by armed men in Bannang Sata district of this southern border province on Friday, district chief Montri Settapanyo said.
Muslims oppose Guan Yin statue construction plan in Songkhla
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/04/2022
» SONGKHLA: Muslim people and religious leaders in Thepha and Chana districts of this southern province have voiced their opposition to a plan by TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP), a major waste-to-energy power plant operator, to build a large statue of Guan Yin, the goddess of compassion in Chinese mythology, in a Muslim community.
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.