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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.
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.
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.
Activists welcome court's decision to accept lawsuit
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 27/08/2024
» Activists have welcomed the decision by Narathiwat Provincial Court to hear a lawsuit against seven officials accused of murder and kidnapping during the 2004 Tak Bai massacre.
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.
Petrol station in Yala hit by bomb
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 25/12/2022
» YALA: An oil dispenser at a PTT petrol station in Thanto district of this southern border province was severely damaged in a bomb explosion late on Saturday night.
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.
Arson, bomb attacks at 17 spots in South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 17/08/2022
» Insurgents launched coordinated bomb and arson attacks on convenience stores and petrol stations at 17 places in three southern border provinces, causing considerable damage.
Roadside bomb blast injures three policemen in Yala
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 02/11/2021
» Three policemen were injured, one seriously, after a bomb exploded on a road in Yala's Raman district and sprayed their pickup with shrapnel yesterday morning.