Tight security after insurgents set off bombs in Songkhla and Pattani
SECURITY was stepped up in Yala to intercept insurgents after two explosions in Pattani last night injured six policemen, but none seriously, and another blast this morning in Songkhla injured two more policemen, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 23). As four policemen from Songkhla’s Thepha police station were patrolling this district in a […]
Read MoreOne dead, 18 injured in car bombing at Yala police flats
A CAR BOMB exploded in front of police flats at Bannang Sata district, southern Yala province, at 10.30 a.m. this morning (June 30) killing one person and injuring 18 others, Thai Rath newspaper said. Police from Bannang Sata station, soldiers, rangers, firefighters and rescuers quickly rushed to the scene of the explosion. It was […]
Read MoreThailand continues converting battlefields into trading fields, this time in the South
Pattani Province, South Thailand – In the 1980s, after the end of the Indochina wars of the 1970s, Thailand forged a policy of “converting battlefields into trading fields”, making the kingdom a hub of travel, trade and transportation for the Greater Mekong Subregion countries of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. As its far-sighted success is […]
Read MorePM leads “Peace Through Tourism” visit to South Thailand
“WHEN the people have money in their pockets, they will forget about their conflicts.” That simple rationale summarised the core objective of Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin’s historic “Peace Through Tourism” visit to the kingdom’s southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat between Feb.27-29. Under the slogan “Travel to the South — With All Your […]
Read More4 dead as rescue boat capsizes in Narathiwat floods
A FAMILY OF four, two adults and two children, drowned as they travelled through raging floods in southern Narathiwat province on a rescue boat but rescue operation to help people stranded in their homes is still continuing, Amarin TV and Matichon newspaper said today (Dec. 26). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is due to fly […]
Read MoreInsurgent badly hurt while placing bomb in Yala
ONE of two insurgents who rode up on a motorcycle to a water pumping station at Yala’s Suan Si Muang Dam in the dead of the night got badly injured when the improvised explosive device he was carrying to place there went off beforehand, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 22). The injured insurgent, Mr. […]
Read MoreArmy chief on 17 blasts in the South: It was worse before
ARMY CHIEF Gen. Narongphan Jitkaewtae said after 17 bomb and arson attacks took place in three southern provinces from last night till the wee hours of this morning (August 17) that there used to be more such incidents in the past and this wave of blasts does not seem aimed at destabilising this government […]
Read MoreTwo dead after volunteer ranger unleashes a hail gunfire at pub
A VOLUNTEER ranger was arrested soon after unleashing a barrage of gunfire at the car park of a pub in southern Yala province killing two pubgoers and injuring one other person last night, Sanook.com said today (August 12). The shooting occurred in front of NASA Entertainment Centre with Ms.Sunmalee (surname withheld), 38, and Mr. […]
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