YALA, Feb 8 – A couple was attacked by a gunman on a motorcycle in Yala on Tuesday and the husband later died at hospital. Mahama Sulong, 58, and Koseeyoh Sulong, 49, were riding a motorcycle in Yaha district when two attackers on a motorcycle followed them and fired several shots at them. Passers-by sent […]
No alms walks for Narathiwat monks In the wake of insurgent attacks targeting Buddhists, monks residing at 13 temples in Narathiwat have stopped their routine morning alms walk for a month, starting today. The decision has been made by the Sangha Supreme Council and was announced yesterday, at the recommendation of the provincial authorities. Each […]
YALA, Feb 4 — One soldier assigned to a teacher protection unit was killed and two others were wounded in a roadside bombing in Yala on Friday, and three Thai Buddhist local residents were wounded in a shooting attack in the insurgency-plagued province of Pattani. Three soldiers were wounded as they were on foot patrol […]
Thailand is set to lose its ranking as the world’s secondlargest coconut exporter and become a net importer as drought has damaged growing areas. For more than four years, Prachuap Khiri Khan, the country’s most important area for coconut cultivation, has been hit by drought. The province now has only about 400,000 rai (64,000 hectares) […]
Pattani – Five Buddhists, including a senior education official, were killed in a gun attack by muslim insurgents in this southern border province Thursday morning. The attack at a Buddhist village in Tambon Kokkrabua in Panare district at 6:30 am also saw five other Buddhists injured. One of the injured is a 12-year-old student. The […]
Suspected Muslim separatists shot dead a Buddhist family of four in Thailand’s deep south, police said on Tuesday, the latest attack in an escalation of violence in the region. The killings followed a bloody raid on an army camp and a big roadside bombing in the past 12 days that were believed to have been […]
For ages, Southern Thailand has been globally renowned for its sand beaches and magnificent coral reefs, attracting several millions of international tourists each year. Now, such national reputation could be in jeopardy after severe bleaching of corals was found in 2010. Important dive spots have thus been closed to rescue the marine lives. The coloration […]
In light of recent stories regarding the coral bleaching at Similan Islands and other areas of southern Thailand, I want to bring to the world media’s attention a problem that may have even more severe consequences for the future of Similan National Park. The problem is illegal fishing within the marine park and the plight […]
