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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.
Manhunt for gunmen who killed four in Narathiwat
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/05/2025
» The head of the army in southern Thailand has condemned the gunmen responsible for the brutal murder of four people, including a nine-year-old girl and a 76-year-old blind woman, in Tak Bai and Chanae districts of Narathiwat province.
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.
Suspected insurgent killed, soldier hurt in Narathiwat clash
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/08/2024
» NARATHIWAT - A suspected insurgent was killed and a soldier wounded in a clash in Chanae district of this southernmost province on Thursday morning, while a ranger patrol escaped unhurt when a roadside bomb exploded in the same area.
Car bomb by police flats 'undermines peace talks'
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/07/2024
» An academic in Yala has criticised what he says is sluggish progress in the peace talks in the deep South following a car bomb outside police flats in this southern border province on June 30.
Probe into child-duping rebels
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/07/2023
» PATTANI: The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)'s Region 4 Forward Command says it is preparing to file complaints against whoever duped children into holding pictures of dead insurgent members with the intent to stir conflict during a sports day parade last week in Panare district.
Macabre pics of kids with rebel corpses draw probe
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 28/07/2023
» PATTANI: The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc)’s Region 4 Forward Command is preparing to file complaints against relevant individuals for duping children into holding pictures of dead insurgent members in the deep south with the intent to cause conflict in society during last week’s sports day parade in Panare district.
3 monks, 2 rangers hurt in Narathiwat bombing
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/06/2023
» Three monks and two volunteer rangers were injured when the van they were travelling in was caught in a roadside bomb blast in Narathiwat's Rueso district on Friday morning.
Surveillance boost on border
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 03/03/2023
» 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.