In the eyes of the authorities in the restive deep South, Marorso Chantharavadee was one of the most wanted Islamist insurgent with a two million baht bounty on his head who was alleged to be responsible for several violent incidents in the region, including the killing of a Muslim teacher, Mr Chonlathee Chroenchon, a teacher at Ban Tan Yong school in Bacho district of Narathiwat province on Janu ...
Good intelligence and the seizure of a map of the Marines’ outpost in Narathiwat’s Bacho district from Islamist insurgents are two key elements attributable to the Marines’ success in the defence of the outpost and dealing a lethal blow to the attacking insurgents on February 13.
Good intelligence and cooperation from the locals are two key elements for the success of the Marines in the defence of their jungle base in Bacho district of Narathiwat against Islamist attackers on February 13.
Who would have imagined that anyone with common sense would launch a multi-billion baht real estate project in one of the three southernmost provinces hard hit by insurgency, let alone that the project would be a success?
The army will start pulling out some troop units from the troubled far South in May as part of a long-term plan to let the non-military forces take over the responsibility for peace keeping efforts in the region.
Mere mentioning of the deep South tends to automatically draw the attention of most individuals to the violence problem which has gripped the region for nine successive years with little hope of an early end to the problem. Most of them are totally unaware that the region is also facing another deadly threat – that is Aids – which has siliently killed hundreds of Aids sufferers and is spreading a ...
A big question mark in the minds of many people in this country is why the CCTV (closed circuit television) system cameras were torched or vandalized on almost daily basis lately in the deep South with the authorities appear to be totally incapable of stopping this illegal act believed to be perpetrated by Islamic militants and their supporters.
Nation Television reporter Sathien Viriyapanpongsa spent his childhood in Pattani. Of late, he wrote a commentary offering his perspective on the unrest situation which has beset the region for nine years since January 2004 with no end in sight.
The National Security Council is experiencing an headache about how to trim down proposed additional budgets requested by four agencies responsible for security and development affairs in the restive deep South.
Two of the four "dangerous" districts of Songkhla province have returned to civilian rule as the initial part of an ambitious plan for the military to gradually phase out of the restive deep South in order to allow the civilians to take over the responsibility of security maintenance.