PATTANI, April 19 – Thailand’s Army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha said he is not satisfied with the overall approach and security operations coping with the country’s ongoing southern insurgency, but even as he spoke five more deaths were registered in the insurgency. In the latest development, a combined force of police, soldiers and local administration […]
NARATHIWAT, April 19 – A school building was set on fire here Wednesday night and a bomb exploded nearby, targeting government personnel, but no one was wounded in either incident on the eve of the visit of Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapa, who oversees national security, and Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha. The two-storey Ban Ta […]
RANONG, 16 April 2012 (NNT) – Ranong province will be holding World Cockfighting from April 21st-22nd in a bid not just to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the province but also to promote tourism. The provincial governor, Mr. Peerasak Hinmuangkao, said the Thai Fighting Cock Association and Ranong Province will jointly hold […]
SURAT THANI, 15 April 2012 (NNT) – Residents in southern Surat Thani have been warned to brace themselves against risks of natural disasters during the next 4-5 days. Surat Thani Governor Theerayuth Iamtrakul said on Saturday that all district and state offices in the province have been asked to issue warnings to locals, particularly those […]
NARATHIWAT, April 14 – A roadside bomb exploded Saturday afternoon near an entrance of Narathiwat Airport in the provincial seat, with no one reported wounded, according to local police. Pol Col Kritsada Kaewchandee, deputy Narathiwat provincial police chief, led a bomb disposal unit and forensic experts to investigate the scene on Ban Bue Ra Pe […]
YALA, April 14 – Police detained three suspects for alleged involvement in the March 31 car bomb attacks in the restive southern province of Yala, according to provincial police. The three bomb suspects have been captured, Pol Maj Gen Pira Boonliang, Yala provincial police chief, announced on Saturday, adding that there was evidence identifying that […]
PATTANI, April 13 – Presumed insurgents opened fire at a bus in this violence-plagued province, wounding eight persons, mostly the elderly en route to make merit on the Thai New Year. About 50 people from Pattani’s Panare district chartered a bus to take part in a merit-making ceremony in adjacent province of Narathiwat on the […]
An unknown assailant threw a K75 grenade at a residence in Yala’s Raman district early yesterday morning, leaving one person injured, police said. After the explosion was reported at 3.30am, police officers and bomb squad members inspected the house in Tambon Noen Ngam’s Ban Keu Lae at 6.30am. They said the grenade had been aimed […]
