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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.
Life-threatening warnings target defence volunteers in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/03/2025
» PATTANI — Insurgents have warned Muslim defence volunteers in the southern border region to back down or face life-threatening consequences.
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.
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.
Roadside bomb injures 2 security officials
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/03/2021
» Yala: A roadside bomb injured two law enforcement agents as they drove through Bannang Sata district on Thursday night.
Vietnamese boat caught fishing in Thai waters
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/11/2020
» SONGKHLA: A Vietnamese fishing boat with four crewmen was caught fishing illegally in Thai territorial waters on Monday, the 2nd Naval Area's Thailand Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) announced.
Vietnamese fishing boats caught in Thai waters
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 18/08/2020
» PATTANI: Four Vietnamese vessels were seized and the 36 crewmen arrested for illegally fishing in the Thai exclusive economic zone on Monday.
Army rejects calls to lift far South emergency law
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/11/2019
» Fourth Army chief Phonsak Phunsawat has insisted that special security laws in the restive South be maintained following this week's massacre of 15 people at a civil defence volunteer checkpoint in Yala's Muang district.
Southern MPs seek review of security laws
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/07/2019
» Southern MPs are pressing the government to review the enforcement of two laws, which they say have fostered unrest in the far South.
Court issues injunction allowing hijab at school
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/11/2018
» PATTANI: The Songkhla Administrative Court has issued an injunction allowing Muslim students at a kindergarten in this southern province to wear headscarves, or "hijab", to school without being punished.