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Separatists Suspected in Southern Strife A Sergeant Major in the Thai army, and his wife Surachai Chansoongnern and, Apiradee Majeh, were gravely wounded on Tuesday morning when an explosive device planted underneath their pickup truck detonated at a military check-point in Narathiwat’s Waeng region, police said. Separatist militants are suspected of having set off the [...]

Two Defense Volunteers Slain in Yala Two local village defense volunteers died from gunshots received in a ride-by shooting on a road at Bueng Nam Sai village of Yala’s Raman locality in the early hours of the afternoon on Saturday, according to police. Yaki Noithapthim, 27 years old and Anwar Phudaraw, 35, were shot by [...]

Southern Thailand Under the Gun Gun-related bloodshed has affected people of all types in southern Thailand, The stories of the rape and killing of a Muslim woman in the remote highlands t of Yaha in Yala province led to a mass dispute in Pattani in 2007, followed in the same year the shooting death of [...]

Rubber Worker and Wife Shot in South A Thai Muslim rubber taper was murdered and his wife was seriously wounded in a ride-by shooting in Yala’s Betong district early in the morning on Saturday, police said. Ma-ardee Arvae and his wife were both shot by gunmen on motorcycle while they were en route to a [...]

Suspects in Yesterday’s Bombing Arrested Thai Police have arrested two people suspescted of being involved in the early afternoon car bomb attack on a busy restaurant in Narathiwat that resulted in the injury of 42 people on Tuesday. Police believe the two men are underlings of Amran Ming, a chief of the Runda Kumpulan Kecil [...]

Islamic Killers Strike Again in Southern Thailand Islamic Insurgents in Southern Thailand slayed two rubber tappers in the province of Pattani, then exploded a bomb placed under their bodies, injuring five onlookers who came to assist, police said Tuesday. The rubber farmer and his wife, both Buddhists, were shot down in the morning as they [...]

Thai Government Vows to End Violence in Southern Thailand in Three Years Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva spoke today about the violence in southern Thailand related to the Muslim insurgency which continues to take innocent lives. The government is setting a deadline of three years to end the violence which has recently included a shooting [...]

Forget labels and seek out answers to the bloodshed Re: US Government may be getting the message – Finally, Editorials, The Nation, Thailand April 30th. Your editorial regarding the word games involved in the political mess that rages in the Middle East and, on a much smaller scale, in the deep South of Thailand calls [...]

Re: US Government may be getting the message – Finally, Editorials, April, 30th. by David Barkdull Your editorial regarding the word games involved in the political mess that rages in the Middle East and, on a much smaller scale, in the deep South of Thailand calls for a new set of lexicon to more accurately [...]