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South violence enters 9th year
News, Published on 05/01/2012
» Eight years ago yesterday, Islamic insurgents launched a surprise raid on an armoury in Narathiwat and stole 413 firearms, most of them M16 assault rifles. That daring raid on Jan 4, 2004 marked the start of a renewed insurgency by a new breed of hardcore militants which, sadly, has dragged on till today with no sign of abating, whether in terms of intensity or ruthlessness.
Thai Rath Columnistmae Look Chan
News, Published on 06/01/2012
» Floods in the southern provinces reflect the Forestry Department's failure to prevent forest encroachment and illegal logging in the region.
Koran silent on hijab
News, Published on 16/01/2012
» Re: ''A covering that bares one's faith'' (Oped Jan 14):
Post Today Editorial
News, Published on 17/01/2012
» The government should not apply double standards in giving compensation to the families of people killed in political violence.
Security fails South teachers
News, Published on 18/01/2012
» Another year has passed, another 31 teachers have died in violence in the deep South. And another series of government statements have been issued to try to protect the men and women who give their time _ and their lives _ for the nation's youth.
Thawee pushes for peace by recompense
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 25/01/2012
» Thawee Sodsong believes a new, friendly strategy of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre will succeed in quelling the violence and silence the critics who fear it will only inflame the situation in the restive deep South.
Khao Sod Editorial
News, Published on 30/01/2012
» The government has agreed in principle to compensate the families of civilians and government officials killed in the troubled Deep South. This will help lessen the longstanding conflict in the Muslim-dominated region.
Look South, Bangkok
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 04/02/2012
» It was a racket and near-scuffle. It was fear teleported as anger. The scene at Thammasat University on Thursday was distressing, as anti-Nitirat alumni exalted morality against knowledge, along the way confusing noise with argument and equating what's loud with what's right. It almost turned sinister when a small band of Nitirat supporters showed up, placards ready, and a mini face-off ensued. That was enough to dominate the headlines and consciousness of the public in the ongoing case that is testing the firmness of the ground beneath our feet - a historic test of what Thailand is, or what we want to become.
The prolonged saga
News, Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 06/02/2012
» Who could have imagined that the violence in the troubled South would have reached the point that it has today? It seems to be dragging on for a long time, but hopefully not forever.
No end to the years of agony
News, Published on 07/02/2012
» Another sad anniversary of the violence in the deep South has passed _ quietly, as if the authorities were ashamed to mention it, as indeed they should be. More than eight years of combatting one of the very few active insurgencies in the world has produced a battlefield stalemate, but a continuing and murderous situation.