BANGKOK, Feb 21 – Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat reaffirmed on Thursday that the government has made the right moves to tackle violence in Thailand’s insurgency-torn deep South and that the situation will improve in a few months. The defence minister made remarks following renewed violence in the southern border region as he departed Bangkok for […]
BANGKOK, Feb 20 – Thailand’s army chief left Bangkok today for the southern border province of Pattani to follow up operations against the insurgency in the border region, as intelligence warns of possible car bombs in the four southern border provinces. Intelligence warns security and other state agencies in Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces […]
YALA, Feb – Two defence volunteers were wounded in the latest roadside bombing in this southern border province on Wednesday as the army chief is visiting the restive region to inspect military operations. The incident took place this morning as a group of eight defence volunteers were riding motorcycles on their mission to protect teachers. […]
Police seized over 100 pangolins in a truck in Nakhon Si Thammarat. Two men charged with possessing endangered species. Read more: MCOT
PATTANI, Feb 19 – Violence in the restive South continued unabated Tuesday as a village head assistant in this southern border province was shot dead early today, while a teacher and a local villager were wounded last night in separate shootings believed to be the work of insurgents. Police said 45-year-old village head assistant Somsak […]
NARATHIWAT, Feb 19 – Two suspected insurgents were arrested today as security forces closed in on a house in this restive southern province suspected of harbouring some of the attackers of a marine outpost who remained at large since last week. A combined force of 60 police and military personnel found a suspicious house in […]
The economic future of Pattani in the far South is in a worrying state after a series of bomb attacks from Saturday night to yesterday. The bombs killed two rangers, wounded 12 people and damaged a bar, shops and a department store in its bustling commercial district. A bomb attack yesterday on the Pattani clock […]
A 20-year-old Scottish tourist was raped by two Thai men in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. She had been drinking heavily with her Scottish boyfriend, who went back to their room to sleep. As she was walking, a pickup truck of Thai men stopped and dragged her to a nearby building and raped her. Although she […]
