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Semi-trailer truck bombed and torched in deep South
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/01/2026
» NARATHIWAT — A semi-trailer truck was bombed and torched at a warehouse in tambon Pasemat of Sungai Kolok district of this southern border province early on Wednesday morning.
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 foreign minister goes to Malaysia for Cambodia talks
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 12/10/2025
» PATTANI: Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will travel to Malaysia on Sunday for a mediated ministerial-level discussion about reducing tensions with Cambodia, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says.
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.
Phumtham presses for progress in South
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 29/04/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has set a seven-day deadline for security forces to submit a report on their efforts to resolve the ongoing unrest in the southernmost provinces.
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.
Thaksin to work on crypto plan
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 08/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been assigned to make a proposal and recommendation for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to start working towards adopting a cryptocurrency, he said on Friday.
BRN rebels tell govt to 'show sincerity'
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 21/12/2024
» The Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu-Patani (BRN) rebel group has slammed the Thai government for delays in establishing a new peace negotiation team, calling on Thailand to show sincerity towards solving the problem.
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.
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.