Four teachers were shot dead and another seriously wounded within 19 days from November 22 to December 11.

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 ...

There is the other side of the story about the stateless Rohingya people in fishing boats which have been drifting in the Andaman Sea waiting for a chance to come ashore and those who have been held in custody of Thai police for illegal entry.

The killing of Mr Supakrit sae Loong, a teacher of Ban Nibong school in Kabang district of Yala on January 14 – two days ahead of the Teachers’ Day – was barely covered by Bangkok’s mainstream media which were apparently preoccupied with the anti-government protests in the capital.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra will take charge of overseeing unrest situation and development projects in the trouble-plague deep South under a new restructured organization officially named the Operational Centre for the Implementation of Policy and Strategy to Resolve Problems of Southern Border Provinces.