The Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo) is to hold a so-called "unity talk" meeting of anti-government insurgency groups in Hamburg of Germany on January 24 in an attempt to forge a common ground among them before holding peace talks with the Thai government.

Sunday June 29 marks the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Thailand the Chula Ratchamontri Arzis Pitakkumpol, the Muslim spiritual leader, announced the sighting of the moon.

Nine days after the replica of Phraya Tani cannon was installed in Pattani to mixed reactions from the local Malay Muslims, an improvised explosive device believed planted beneath the cannon by insurgents exploded and tore it into two pieces. The concrete block on which the replica cannon was the emplaced was also badly shattered by the powerful blast.

Lt-Gen Wiwath Pathompark is one of a handful of army officers who grew up in Narathiwat and who also served in different capacities in different capacities until his latest promotion as the new commander of the Fourth Army Region.

The release from prison of Hayi Sama-ae Tha Nam at the start of the Hari Raya festival on July 17 ahead of the end of his jailterm marked yet another step in the government’s efforts to resolve the unrest problem in the Deep South through peaceful means.