Teacher shot dead in Pattani, Southern Thailand

A teacher was killed in a drive-by shooting Pattani’s Muang district on Saturday morning, police said. The victim, identified as Manote Chadarat, 38, a teacher at Decha Pattayanukul in Muang District. He was attacked at the Nawang intersection in tambon Jabang Tiko of Muang Pattani municipality, while riding a motorcycle to his school. Manote was […]

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Narathiwat, Thailand declared flood disaster zone

NARATHIWAT, Jan 10 – Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat on Monday was been declared a disaster zone as incessant heavy rain triggered flooding over large parts of the province and has affected thousands of residents, Narathiwat governor Thanon Vejjakornkanon said. The governor designated all 13 districts disaster areas and promptly allocated budget to assist 37,000 […]

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2 militants killed, 1 arrested in Narathiwat

Two muslim insurgents were killed and one arrested in a clash with a force of marines in Narathiwat’s Bacho district on Friday. Police said a fight erupted when a 100-strong marine unit of the Narathiwat Task Force 32 was attacked by gunmen near Ban Som Poi in tambon Kayo Mati in Bacho district. Bangkok Post

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New Year’s Day bomb kills two police in southern Thailand

Pattani, Thailand – A bomb killed two policemen and wounded four other officers Saturday in Thailand’s violence-wracked Narathiwat province where separatists had vowed to disrupt the New Year festivities. The bomb exploded in a crowded open market in Sungaipadi district of Narathiwat, 750 kilometres south of Bangkok, at 7:50 am (0050 GMT), while police were […]

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Thailand lifts emergency law in deep South district

Pattani, Thailand – The Thai cabinet on Tuesday revoked emergency law in a district in Pattani province, part of the majority-muslim deep South region, where violence has claimed more than 4,000 lives over the past seven years. The lifting of the decree in the Mae Lan district adjoining Pattani city, where stability has been restored, […]

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Phangnga, Phuket hold remembrance events for those killed in 2004 tsunami

PHUKET, Dec 26 — Foreign and Thai relatives of those who perished in the devastating tsunami disaster that hit Thailand’s six Andaman coastal provinces on Boxing Day in 2004 held remembrance events for their beloved ones in the two southern resort provinces, officials said. Simple ceremonies including religious activities were part of the remembrance events […]

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Two rangers killed in Thai south

Two rangers killed in Narathiwat Two para-military rangers were killed and two women civilians wounded by gunmen in Rangae district of Narathiwat province Thursday morning. Pol Lt-Col Chalerm Yingkong, the duty officer at Rangae police station, said the rangers – Surapol Phetthae and Preecha Chanthanet – were on the way back on a motorcycle from […]

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