The Department of Special Investigation has been asked to investigate the disappearance of two Malay Muslims last seen on April 30, when eyewitnesses saw them entering the Naresuan border patrol police camp in Bannang Sata district of Yala. They were reportedly looking for their missing boat, believed impounded by the policemen there.

“Every conflict can be resolved on the negotiating table”. This is a proven and undeniable truth that several people believe that the bloody conflict in the deep South can be resolved only through negotiations.

Islamic extremists have become more innovative in the making and using of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with the increasing use of a third or a fourth bomb at a single site of bombing attack with an apparent intention to kill or maim members of the bomb demolition squads.

Although the Pheu Thai party won the July 3 election in a landslide capturing at least 265 out of a total of 500 House seats under contest, it was roundly defeated in the three southernmost provinces by the Democrats. The party’s complete failure in the restive region has posed a host of questions to the new Pheu Thai-led government which is yet to be formed regarding some key policies advocated ...

Decentralization and empowerment of local communities can help ease – if not resolve – the unrest problem in the deep South, said Professor Dr Suchit Boonbongkarn, a wellknown poltical scientist and chair of the Political Development Council, said in his special lecture at a recent seminar held at Ratchabhat University in Yala province.